The Dressmaker (1988)
- Directed by
- Jim O'Brien
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rating
- 4.6 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young woman lives with her two aunts in 1940s Liverpool. One aunt is a strict dressmaker, the other is more free-spirited, and a visiting American soldier causes tension in the household.
restrainedsomberclaustrophobictensemelancholicunderstatedbleak
What happens
The Dressmaker is a 1988 British drama film directed by Jim O'Brien and starring Joan Plowright, Billie Whitelaw and Pete Postlethwaite. It is an adaptation of the 1973 novel The Dressmaker by Beryl Bainbridge. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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