33° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
FESTA MOBILE 2015

THE DRESSMAKER

THE DRESSMAKER
by Jocelyn Moorhouse
Country: Australia
Year: 2015
Duration: 118'


After working for years in an exclusive Parisian atelier, Tilly Dunnage returns to Australia’s Outback to make her peace with her eccentric mother. Despite the time that has passed, the old friction with the other inhabitants of the town soon returns to the surface. Something happened in Tilly’s past, at Dungatar; something she herself has a hard time remembering but which makes her unpopular with the community. And how else can a good seamstress get her revenge for the injustice she has suffered, except with the weapons of her own profession? The women in town will wear magnificent clothes, but there will be a high price to pay for them.

Biography

film director

Jocelyn Moorhouse

Jocelyn Moorhouse (Melbourne, Australia) graduated from the Australian Film Television and Radio School in 1984. She wrote and directed numerous television shows prior to writing and directing her feature film debut Proof (1991), Special Mention for Best First Feature at Cannes. The film screened at numerous international film festivals, winning many awards including the Sutherland Trophy by the British Film Institute. In 1994, Moorhouse moved to Los Angeles to direct How to Make an American Quilt, which starred Winona Ryder and Anne Bancroft, and A Thousand Acres, which starred Michele Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange and Colin Firth. She directed her first play, Sex with Strangers by Laura Eason, at the Sydney Theatre Company in 2012. 

FILMOGRAFIA

Pavane (cm, 1983), Proof (Istantanee, 1991), How to Make an American Quilt (Gli anni dei ricordi, 1995), A Thousand Acres (Segreti, 1997), The Dressmaker (id., 2015).

Declaration

film director

“The story itself is really irresistible. I love revenge, the concept of what drives a person to want to punish evil doers for what they did in the past. I loved the character of Tilly, this incredibly strong woman who has a mysterious quality and a tragic past. I also loved the mother-daughter relationship and the possibility of bringing two extraordinary actresses together to fire off each other. The love story is very beautiful, it’s also very dark and funny and it has an epic quality on the emotional level.”

Cast

& Credits

regia/director
Jocelyn Moorhouse
soggetto/story
dall’omonimo romanzo di/from the novel of the same title by Rosalie Ham
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Jocelyn Moorhouse, P.J. Hogan
fotografia/cinematography
Don McAlpine
montaggio/film editing
Jill Bilcock
scenografia/production design
Roger Ford
costumi/costume design
Marion Boyce
musica/music
David Hirschfelder
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Kate Winslet (Tilly Dunnage), Judy Davis (Molly), Liam Hemsworth (Teddy), Hugo Weaving (il sergente/sergeant Farrat), Sarah Snook (Gertrude Pratt), Caroline Goodall (Elsbeth), Kerry Fox (Beulah Harridiene), Rebecca Gibney (Muriel Pratt), James Mackay (William Beaumont), Shane Jacobson (Alvin Pratt)
produttore/producer
Sue Maslin
produzione/production
Film Art Media
distribuzione/distribution
Eagle Pictures


contatti/contacts
Eagle Pictures
roberto.proia@eaglepictures.com
www.eaglepictures.com

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