The Dressmaker poster

The Dressmaker( 2015)

TV-MADramaComedyWestern
70%
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Revenge is back in fashion

Overview

In 1950s Australia, beautiful, talented dressmaker Tilly returns to her tiny hometown to right wrongs from her past. As she tries to reconcile with her mother, she starts to fall in love while transforming the fashion of the town.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Kate Winslet

      Myrtle "Tilly" Dunnage

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      Liam Hemsworth

      Teddy McSwiney

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      Caroline Goodall

      Elsbeth Beaumont

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      Judy Davis

      Molly Dunnage

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      Hayley Magnus

      Prudence

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      Hugo Weaving

      Sergeant Farrat

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      Sarah Snook

      Gertrude "Trudy" Pratt

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      Kerry Fox

      Beulah Harridiene

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      Shane Jacobson

      Alvin Pratt

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      Rebecca Gibney

      Muriel Pratt

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      James Mackay

      William Beaumont

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      Gyton Grantley

      Barney McSwiney

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      Barry Otto

      Percival Almanac

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      Sacha Horler

      Una Pleasance

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      Julia Blake

      Irma Almanac

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      Roy Barker

      Doctor

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      Rory Potter

      Stewart Pettyman

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      Alison Whyte

      Marigold Pettyman

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      Amanda Woodhams

      Nancy Pickett

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      Madeleine Hogan

      Elizabeth McSwiney

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      Caroline Lee

      Fashionable Relative

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      Geneviève Picot

      Mrs. Tobin

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      Margot Knight

      Mrs. Wood

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      Francesca Waters

      Mrs. Enright

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      Gregory Quinn

      Detective

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      Fletcher Humphrys

      Ticket Collector

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      Richard Anastasios

      Winyerp Footballer

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      Mark Leonard Winter

      Reginald Blood

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      Mike Snow

      Dungatar Footballer

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      Shane Bourne

      Evan Pettyman

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      Katia Nizic

      Theatre Patron

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      Sandra Talty

      Drummer

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      Stan Leman

      Ed McSwiney

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      Charlotte Friels

      Football Fan

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      Olivia Sprague

      Young Gertrude

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      Adrian Pickering

      Dungatar Footballer

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      Grace Rosebirch

      Young Nancy

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      Lanie Lane

      Singer

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      Lucy Moir

      Young Molly

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      Sage Barreda

      Margaret McSwiney

    Social

    Review 2Discussion

    A review by Reno

    8
    Written by Reno on Wed May 04 2016
    > Home is where the vengeance is. A stylish Aussie revenge-comedy that is adapted from a novel of the same name. Just superbly built screenplay on a tragedy that occurred some time back, but the movie reveals it only in the third act. About a woman who arrives in a small town where she was born and slowly gains popularity among the young women who seeks her stunning costumes to impress their counterparts. The town divides over her return, but why all the hate is the mystery that the movie going to solve for us in its entire narration. The location and the settings were fantastic and it br...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    11930000.00

    Revenue

    25003426.00

    Keywords

    • australia
    • small town
    • based on novel or book
    • suppressed past
    • dark comedy
    • bullying
    • exile
    • dressmaker
    • revenge
    • accidental death
    • house fire
    • hometown
    • brother sister 
    • dressing
    • costume designer
    • cross dresser
    • fashion design
    • woman director
    • suppressed memory
    • australian outback
    • evening gown
    • odd crowd
    • accused of murder
    • 1950s
    • town gossip
    • revenge tragedy
    • return to hometown
    • grain silo