Ladies in black.

Contributor(s): Beresford, Bruce, 1940- [screenwriter,, film director.] | Milliken, Sue, 1940- [screenwriter.] | Ormond, Julia [actor.] | Rice, Angourie [actor.] | Taylor, Rachael [actor.] | Corr, Ryan, 1989- [actor.] | McGirr, Alison [actor.] | Jacobson, Shane [actor.] | Hazlehurst, Noni [actor.] | Porter, Susie [actor.] | Perez, Vincent, 1964- [actor.]Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: DJ1284 | Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment AustraliaDistributor: Australia : Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 DVD-video (105 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cmContent type: two-dimensional moving image Media type: video Carrier type: videodiscUniform titles: Ladies in black (Motion picture : 2018) Related works: Motion picture adaptation of (work) St. John, Madeleine, 1941-2006. Women in blackSubject(s): St. John, Madeleine, 1941-2006 -- Film adaptations | 1900-1999 | Romantic comedy films | Coming-of-age films | Historical films | Feature films -- 2018 | Video recordings for the hearing impaired | Video recordings for people with visual disabilities | Department stores | Female friendship | Immigrants | Manners and customs | Stores, Retail | Female friendship -- Drama | Department stores -- Australia -- 20th century -- Drama | Stores, Retail -- Australia -- 20th century -- Drama | Immigrants -- Australia -- 20th century -- Drama | Australia | New South Wales -- Sydney | Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- DramaGenre/Form: Drama -- Film genre | Coming-of-age films. | Drama. | Feature films. | Historical films. | Romantic comedy films. | Video recordings for people with visual disabilities. | Video recordings for the hearing impaired. | Romantic comedy films. | Coming-of-age films. | Historical films. | Feature films. | Video recordings for the hearing impaired. | Video recordings for people with visual disabilities. | Fiction films. DDC classification: 791.4372 Production credits: Screenplay by Sue Milliken & Bruce Beresford ; directed by Bruce Beresford.Cast: Julia Ormond, Angourie Rice, Rachael Taylor, Ryan Corr, Alison McGirr, Shane Jacobson, Noni Hazlehurst, Susie Porter, Vincent Perez.Summary: Set in the summer of 1959, when the impact of European migration and the rise of women's liberation is about to change Australia forever, Lisa, aged sixteen, takes a holiday job at the prestigious Sydney department store, Goodes. There she meets the "ladies in black", when she is assigned to assist sales ladies Patty and Fay. Beguiled and influenced by Magda, the vivacious manager of the high-fashion boutique Model Gowns, Lisa is awakened to a world of possibilities. As she grows from a bookish schoolgirl into a glamorous and positive young woman, the impact they have on each other will change all their lives.
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DJ1284 Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia.

Based on the novel 'The Women in Black' by Madeleine St John.

Screenplay by Sue Milliken & Bruce Beresford ; directed by Bruce Beresford.

Julia Ormond, Angourie Rice, Rachael Taylor, Ryan Corr, Alison McGirr, Shane Jacobson, Noni Hazlehurst, Susie Porter, Vincent Perez.

Set in the summer of 1959, when the impact of European migration and the rise of women's liberation is about to change Australia forever, Lisa, aged sixteen, takes a holiday job at the prestigious Sydney department store, Goodes. There she meets the "ladies in black", when she is assigned to assist sales ladies Patty and Fay. Beguiled and influenced by Magda, the vivacious manager of the high-fashion boutique Model Gowns, Lisa is awakened to a world of possibilities. As she grows from a bookish schoolgirl into a glamorous and positive young woman, the impact they have on each other will change all their lives.

Censorship classification : PG - Mild coarse language.

DVD video ; Regions 2, 4 ; PAL ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.39:1 widescreen anamorphic.

In English. No subtitles. [CC] English Captions (Descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired). [AD] English Audio Description (Descriptive narration for the visually impaired).

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