The film "The Tailor" is adapted from the best-selling novel of the same name by Australian author Rosalie Ham, and the story takes place in Australia in the 1960s.
Tilly, played by Kate Winslet, is an illegitimate daughter who has been bullied in a small town with her mother Molly since she was born. When Tilly was 10 years old, she was exiled on charges of murder. After that, her mother Molly lost her memory and went crazy... Tilly, who studied fashion design from Europe 25 years later, returned to the town with hatred and confusion, trying to find out the truth of the incident.
But when the truth surfaced, Tilly realized clearly that no one really cares what the truth is. Everyone in this small town only cares about themselves, full of lies and hypocrisy, and only cares about whether others will see them or not. She was packaged by her beautiful and bright appearance. In the end, the death of her lover and mother wiped out the last bright color in her life, as well as the last trace of nostalgia for this small town, so a little loli turned into a nemesis with red lips and flames. , murderous.
The film begins with Tilly returning to the town, lighting a cigarette, and ending with Tilly lighting a fire and leaving the town.
A group of fashionable girls in gorgeous clothes, a fashion designer who is rejuvenating, is holding a fashion competition in a desolate and dilapidated town. Lies are hypocritical and ugly.
The perfect combination of fashion and revenge plot is the biggest highlight of this film. In this film, fashion is not only a branch line to set off the theme content, but also the main line to guide the plot, and the overall absurd style puts this love-hate revenge story in a dark humor that is both tragic and comedy.
Dress Maker, released in 2015, has been dubbed by fans as the best fashion movie of the decade since The Devil Wears Prada.
A woman who smokes is a woman with a story
Tilly lit a cigarette and came back.
In the middle of the night, a bus stopped on the street of the old and shabby town. Under the dim street lights, the heroine Tilly got out of the car with her luggage and lit a cigarette.
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She traveled abroad for so many years, from Melbourne to Paris, and finally returned to the town of Dangta. This is where the scars in her heart were planted, where she wants to be reborn. While searching for the truth, she used her design talent to satisfy the vanity of the women in Dangta Town, hoping to gain their acceptance.
When Tilly, who had returned from Paris, showed up in the small town stadium in a red dress, it was as if an atomic bomb had been dropped in a barren town, and the radiation force could be imagined.
The elegant and sexy Tilly immediately attracted the attention of everyone present, but the deep meaning in her eyes was different.
Whether it was the jealous gaze of a woman or the lingering gaze of a man, 25 years later, Tilly made her first appearance in the town of Dangta, which was expelled back then, and completely caught the attention of the whole town.
After the warm and unrestrained red, Tilly changed into a long black dress. Although black is not as eye-catching as red, this mystery is enough to break the original calm of this town, and all kinds of speculation, reverie and inquiry follow.
After becoming famous with clothes, fashion has closely linked Tilly's life with the people around her. The women in the town came to the door in an endless stream.
The red dress is enchanting, the black dress is sexy, the trench coat is elegant, and the casual clothes are gentle. Tilly alone has set off a fashion wave in Dangta Town.
Under Tilly's skillful management, the women in the town were transformed from rural women into fashionable girls.
While searching for the truth, she used her design talent to satisfy the vanity of the women in Dangta Town, hoping to gain their acceptance.
However, in the most fashionable dresses, they are still vulgar, stupid town dwellers. The bright exterior still can't hide their rotten interior, which is mean, indifferent and evil.
The daughter of the grocery store, who was timid and cowardly at first, seemed to be bullied only, but when her self-confidence was discovered by Tilly's clothes, it quickly turned into arrogance and unreasonableness. In an environment that has been repressed, once she has a little self-confidence, it is easy to evolve into arrogance, because she thinks that this is the whole world.
The teacher who gave false testimony, while living cautiously under the oppression of the mayor, for fear of making a mistake, is willing to give false testimony against Tilly, while on the other hand, he turned his cowardice into the bullying of those who were weaker than him. Many people who are bullied will not resist, but will help others to bully weaker people.
Beautiful clothes may be able to modify a person's external beauty and ugliness, but they cannot change their inner good and evil. Tilly can help kind people find beauty, but cannot change their ugly hearts.
When Tilly finally found out the truth, the boy who was thought to be killed by Tilly was actually killed by his own cruel game. The murderer's accusation was completely false.
Her boyfriend Teddy died suddenly after helping Tilly find out the truth of the incident. Mum Molly dies suddenly on the street after expressing her love and hate that needs no proof.
It wasn't until this moment that Tilly realized that she was not cursed, but only cursed by ugly human nature. These people are the real curse.
So little loli officially became the goddess of nemesis. She left as quietly as she came back. But she left behind a fire that burned the entire town.
She spread out a beautiful red silk cloth outside the house and rolled it like a carpet to the village down the mountain. She picked up the gasoline can to wet the carpet, lit a cigarette, and threw the lighter into the house. He left sassily, leaving behind a sea of fire.
Just like being expelled when she was a child, the difference is that she had no choice when she left for the first time, and this time, leaving this time not only announced her farewell to this ugly town, but completely destroyed the town with a fire, and then On to her next city, be it Paris or Melbourne.
In the final scene of the movie, Tilly sits in the car and looks at the town with thick smoke outside the car. When the conductor asked her where to go, she said to Paris. But the train is bound for Melbourne, she said calmly, then go to Melbourne.
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I rarely watch Australian movies. This adaptation is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Australian female writer Rosalie Hamm. It is directed by Australian female director Jocelyn Moorehouse. It is a very Australian-style movie. dripping.
Just like the clothes in Tilly's hands, they are well-designed and very attractive. They have both the dramatic effect of a stage play and a dizzying fashion atmosphere. The interpretation of a love-hate revenge story in a black and humorous way shows that the editorial and director team is very talented. Feminine charm and talent.
Clothing can also become a weapon, as Tilly's mother said in the film: "You can use clothing to change her ability, use this power to fight against them, but also against your own destiny". The ugliness that gorgeous clothes can't hide, then put it out with a fire.
Perfect ending!
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