The Dressmaker
Movie • 2015 • Drama
ReportIn 1950s Australia, beautiful, talented dressmaker Tilly returns to her tiny hometown to right wrongs from her past. As she tries to reconcile with her mother, she starts to fall in love while transforming the fashion of the town.
This movie contains 9 potentially triggering events.
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Bubbly
The chemist was known to be abusing his wife. This is referenced in a conversation between two characters. The abuse is not shown, but we do see the long lasting effects - she is constantly in pain, particularly in her hands and wrists.
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rawrxd
mc tilly is gaslighted by her school teacher into thinking she killed another child in their school house. this is the whole plot of the movie so
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The main character gives an elderly woman pot brownies to help with her pain. The elderly woman does not know what they are.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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rawrxd
molly is seen to carry a flask almost everywhere and put the contents in everything she drinks
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Mess42
A woman is raped by her husband after being sedated by a nerve tonic.
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Bodily Harm
Is someone buried alive?
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120films
It’s not traditional, but technically yes. See “struggle to breathe”.
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Does a head get squashed?
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120films
No but someone breaks their neck and another character describes the event/someone stepping on it.
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Is there a hanging?
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A character describes Billy Holiday’s music as “music to hang by”
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Are any teeth damaged?
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in a flashback, Stewart petty man, whilst pretending to be a bull and run into tilly, tilly swiftly moves and then he slams his head into a brick wall, snapping his neck. there is a closeup shot of his bloody teeth and mouth
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Children
Does a kid die?
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KUYUHAKAY421
the killing of a child is discussed
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no but there's some blood coming out of a character's mouth, no sound
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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There's a brief scene where a character is told that she will be going to a mental asylum as she is boarding a train.
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Mental Health
Is there autism specific abuse?
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the town makes nasty comments towards McSweeney's brother, barney, who is assumed to have multiple disabilities but exhibits mostly heavily stereotypical autistic characteristics like stimming and a bit of slurred speech. he isn't abused but he is threatened to be kicked out of the town several times id he doesn't cover up stuarts accident. there are also sly comments by teddy about trading his 'slow' brother to spend more time with tilly. so just in general autism + disability rep is so stereotypical and horrible
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(major spoiler)
a boy in the movie dies due to his own stupidity, but there was no intention of suicide behind it.
a boy in the movie dies due to his own stupidity, but there was no intention of suicide behind it.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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whilst flirting with tilly, ted makes a sly comment to tilly about his brother barney, who is assumed to be autistic, and that he would rather trade his 'slow' brother for tilly.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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120films
It’s 50/50 but it has some really sad and upsetting moments throughout (complimented with comedy)
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Nikkid222
a character drowns in a sorghum silo
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