Project Detail

The Dressmaker

Synopsis

Love, Revenge… and Haute Couture.
A glamorous woman returns to her small home town in rural Australia. With her sewing machine and haute couture style, she transforms the women and exacts sweet revenge on those who did her wrong.

Details

Year
2015
Type of project
Features
Running time
118 mins
Director
Jocelyn Moorhouse
Producer
Sue Maslin
Executive Producer
Daryl Dellora, Karl Engeler, Fred Gaines, Hugo Grumbar, Tim Haslam, Ian Kirk, Gavin Poolman, Michael Shyjka
Editor
Jill Bilcock
Screenwriter
Jocelyn Moorhouse (screenplay), Rosalie Ham (novel)
Director of Photography
Donald McAlpine
Production Designer
Roger Ford
Sound
Andrew Ramage
Composer
David Hirschfelder
Principal cast
Kate Winslet, Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving, Sarah Snook, Judy Davis, Caroline Goodall, Kerry Fox
Costume Designer
Marion Boyce, Margot Wilson

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Australia production

Film Art Media (AU), Screen Australia (AU), Apollo Media (UK)

Apollo Media

30 Redcliffe Square
London
SW10 9JY

Sales Company

Embankment Films

Westbourne Studios – WE 020
242 Acklam Road
London
W10 5JJ

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