Dressmaker, The

When a gorgeous, talented fashion designer (Kate Winslet) returns home to her disabled, feisty mother (Judy Davis), who lives in a tiny, rundown, rural town in Australia, in 1951 after being forced to leave as a 10-year-old girl (Darcey Wilson) following accusations that she killed a bullying student (Rory Potter) in this humorous, touching, well-written, bittersweet, entertaining, unpredictable, 118-minute, 2015 film dominated by superb acting and based on Rosalie Ham's bestselling novel, she searches for answers, closure, and "just desserts" while catching the eye of a hunky, blue-eyed neighbor (Liam Hemsworth) and triggering the emotions of many quick-to-judge townsfolk (Kerry Fox, Shane Bourne, James Mackay, Gyton Grantley, Shane Jacobson, Barry Otto, et al.) and positively affecting the lives of the several women (Sarah Snook, Caroline Goodall, Rebecca Gibney, Alison Whyte, et al.) and the flamboyant, eccentric police sergeant (Hugh Weaving) with her haute couture fashions.
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