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The Dressmaker goes through multiple mood shifts as it follows its heroine on her journey of redemption and retribution.
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"I'M back, you bastards," says Myrtle "Tilly" Dunnage (Kate Winslet) after she steps off the bus in 1950s Dungatar, the Aussie backwater she left as a child some 25 years ago, a dark cloud hanging over her. She's back alright - with soft fabrics in her suitcase and sweet revenge on her mind.
The Dressmaker is a quirky comedy-drama directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse and based on the book of the same name by Rosalie Ham and adapted by Moorhouse and PJ Hogan.
The film goes through multiple mood shifts as it follows Tilly on her journey of redemption and retribution, switching from murder mystery to sweet romance and on to full-fledged tragedy, with a liberal helping of offbeat material mined from a tale featuring the oddball residents of a small town.
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