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Ladies in black [videorecording (DVD)].

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: DJNZ1284 | Sony Pictures Home EntertainmentDistributor: [Auckland] : distributed by Sony Pictures (NZ) Limited, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 105 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cmContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): St. John, Madeleine. Women in black
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.4372 23
Production credits:
  • Produced by Allanah Zitserman, Sue Milliken; screenplay by Sue Milliken & Bruce Beresford; directed by Bruce Beresford.
Cast: Julia Ormond, Angourie Rice, Rachael Taylor, Alison McGirr, Ryan Corr, Shane Jacobson.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.
Holdings
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DVDs Davis (Central) Library DVDs DVDs DVD DRAMA LAD Available T00826355
Total holds: 0

Catalogued from container.

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment: DJNZ1284.

Based on the novel The women in black by Madeleine St John.

Produced by Allanah Zitserman, Sue Milliken; screenplay by Sue Milliken & Bruce Beresford; directed by Bruce Beresford.

Julia Ormond, Angourie Rice, Rachael Taylor, Alison McGirr, Ryan Corr, Shane Jacobson.

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: Parental guidance recommended for younger viewers. NOTE: Coarse language.

DVD ; PAL ; Regions 2, 4 ; Dolby digital ; Widescreen 2.39:1.

In English. [CC] English captions (descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired). [AD] English audio description (descriptive narration).

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