Two-time Academy Award® nominated director Bruce Beresford brings
to life the charming, feel-good drama LADIES IN BLACK,
debuting on Digital on May 21. WATCH THE TRAILER HERE
From
the Director of Driving Miss Daisy and Double Jeopardy,
Based on the Bestselling Novel “The Women in Black”
LADIES IN BLACK Debuting on Digital May 21 LADIES IN BLACK
- Official Trailer
Two-time
Academy Award® nominated[1] director Bruce Beresford brings
to life the charming, feel-good drama LADIES IN BLACK,
debuting on Digital on May 21 from Sony Pictures Home
Entertainment.
Based on the bestselling novel The Women in Black by
Madeleine St John, the film stars a trio of remarkable leading
ladies, including Emmy® winner Julia Ormand (Outstanding Supporting
Actress in a Miniseries or Movie, “Temple Grandin,” 2010) Angourie
Rice (The Nice Guys, Spider-Man: Homecoming) and
Rachel Taylor (TV’s "Jessica Jones," Transformers). LADIES
IN BLACK also stars Nicholas Hammond (The Sound of
Music), Ryan Corr (Hacksaw Ridge, Mary Magdalene),
Allison McGirr (TV’s “Home and Away,” TV’s “Thirty”), Shane
Jacobson (The Bourne Legacy, The Dressmaker),
Noni Hazlehurst (Candy, TV’s "A Place to Call Home")
and Susie Porter (The Monkey's Mask, TV’s "East of Everything")
with Vincent Perez (Queen of the Damned, The Crow:
City of Angels).
SYNOPSIS
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 16, 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.
LADIES
IN BLACK’s screenplay was written
by Sue Milliken and Bruce Beresford, and the film was produced
by Milliken and Allanah Zitserman. Bruno Charlesworth, John
De Margheriti, Vicki De Margheriti, Elissa Leonard, Elizabeth
Mak, Jonathan Mak, Joseph B. Mellicker, Steve Ransohoff, Morris
Ruskin, Roger Savage, Julie Zammit and Ron Zammit are executive
producers.
LADIES IN BLACK has a run time of approximately 109
minutes and is rated PG for some suggestive material, mild language,
and smoking.
[1] 1983, Best Director for Tender Mercies; 1980, Best Writing,
Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium for Breaker
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