Summary: Jocelyn Moorhouse (director) at The Landmark in West Los Angeles. Moderated by film critic Debbie Elias (Behind the Lens). Film synopsis: The Dressmaker tells the story of the beautiful and talented Tilly Dunnage (Academy Award winner Kate Winslet, The Reader). After years working as a dressmaker in exclusive Parisian fashion houses, Tilly returns home to a town in the Australian outback to reconcile with her eccentric mother Molly (Judy Davis). She also falls in love with the pure-hearted Teddy (Liam Hemsworth), and armed with her sewing machine and haute couture style, Tilly transforms the women of the town, exacting sweet revenge on those who did her wrong. Based on the novel by Rosalie Ham, The Dressmaker is written and directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse (Proof, How to Make an American Quilt).
