---
title: 'The Dressmaker (2015)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jocelyn Moorhouse'
released: '2015-09-14'
runtime_minutes: 118
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Australia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-dressmaker-2015'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2910904/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Dressmaker (2015)

2015 · R · 118 min · Comedy · Australia


## Synopsis

The Dressmaker is a 2015 comedy drama film co-written and directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse, based on the 2000 novel of the same title by Rosalie Ham. It stars Kate Winslet as femme fatale dressmaker, Myrtle "Tilly" Dunnage, who returns to a small Australian town to take care of her ailing, mentally unstable mother. The film explores the themes of revenge and creativity and was described by Moorhouse as "Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven with a sewing machine". The film was internationally co-financed between Australia and the United States.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jocelyn Moorhouse](https://cinepixo.com/people/jocelyn-moorhouse)
- **Screenplay:** [Jocelyn Moorhouse](https://cinepixo.com/people/jocelyn-moorhouse), [P. J. Hogan](https://cinepixo.com/people/p-j-hogan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [David Hirschfelder](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-hirschfelder)
- **Producer:** [Sue Maslin](https://cinepixo.com/people/sue-maslin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Donald McAlpine](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-mcalpine)
- **Editor:** [Jill Bilcock](https://cinepixo.com/people/jill-bilcock)

## Cast

- [Terry Norris](https://cinepixo.com/people/terry-norris)
- [Sacha Horler](https://cinepixo.com/people/sacha-horler) as Una Pleasance
- [Gyton Grantley](https://cinepixo.com/people/gyton-grantley) as Barney McSwiney
- [Rebecca Gibney](https://cinepixo.com/people/rebecca-gibney) as Muriel Pratt
- [Darcey Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/darcey-wilson) as Young Myrtle
- [Hugo Weaving](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugo-weaving) as Sergeant Horatio Farrat
- [Caroline Goodall](https://cinepixo.com/people/caroline-goodall) as Elsbeth Beaumont
- [Judy Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/judy-davis) as Molly Dunnage
- [Genevieve Lemon](https://cinepixo.com/people/genevieve-lemon) as Mae McSwiney
- [Sarah Snook](https://cinepixo.com/people/sarah-snook) as Gertrude "Trudy" Pratt
- [Tracy Harvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/tracy-harvey)
- [Shane Jacobson](https://cinepixo.com/people/shane-jacobson) as Alvin Pratt
- [Mark Leonard Winter](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-leonard-winter)
- [Julia Blake](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-blake) as Irma Almanac
- [Kate Winslet](https://cinepixo.com/people/kate-winslet) as Myrtle "Tilly" Dunnage

## Criticism on CinePixo

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Official site: https://www.thedressmakermov.com
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-dressmaker-2015
Film facts: Wikidata (Q18389586); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.