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Last modified: Oct. 30, 2016

The Dressmaker

Release Date: Friday, September 23, 2016 Limited

Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse

Starring: Kate Winslet Judy Davis Liam Hemsworth Hugo Weaving Sarah Snook

R Comedy N/A

  • 3.6 / 5
74% 26%

Plot

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Plot
Tilly Dunnage (KATE WINSLET), a beautiful and talented misfit, after many years working as a dressmaker in exclusive Parisian fashion houses, returns home to the tiny middle-of-nowhere town of Dungatar to right the wrongs of the past. Not only does she reconcile with her ailing, eccentric mother Molly (JUDY DAVIS) and unexpectedly falls in love with the pure-hearted Teddy (LIAM HEMSWORTH), but armed with her sewing machine and incredible sense of style, she transforms the women of the town and in so doing gets sweet revenge on those who did her wrong.
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The film's director Jocelyn Moorhouse last directed The Fabulous Four. The film's writer Jocelyn Moorhouse last wrote The Fabulous Four.

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Key Facts

  • The Australian film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
  • Based on the best-selling novel by Rosalie Ham.

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R Restricted for brief language and a scene of violence
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Language
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Release Dates

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The Dressmaker was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, September 23, 2016. There were 16 other movies released on the same date, including Storks, The Magnificent Seven and I.T.. As a limited release, The Dressmaker was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.

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