Official THE DRESSMAKER Trailer Don’t miss the official THE DRESSMAKER trailer! The film, written and directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse (A Thousand Acres, How to Make an American Quilt), stars Kate Winslet, Liam Hemsworth, Sarah Snook, Judy Davis, James Mackay, and Hugo Weaving. THE DRESSMAKER will be released in theaters on the US on a date TBD. Based on Rosalie Ham’s best selling novel, The Dressmaker is the story of femme fatale Tilly Dunnage who returns to her small home town in the country to right the wrongs of the past. A stylish drama with comic undertones about love, revenge and haute couture.