New feature film Ladies in Black starting production

Based upon the “Comic Masterpiece” Women in Black which “looks home to Sydney in the late 1950s, an optimistic romantic comedy about an ensemble of women selling cocktail frocks in a department store like David Jones. St John cleverly dramatises the meeting of conservative Anglo-Saxon Aussies with European migrants who opened them to sophisticated attitudes, cultural experiences and romance.” source: Sydney Morning Herald

In his first film since Mao’s Last Dancer, Academy Award® nominated director Bruce Beresford (”Breaker Morant”, ”Puberty Blues”, ”Tender Mercies”, ”Driving Miss Daisy”) is working with Allanah Zitserman and Samson Productions’ Sue Milliken.

Screen Australia CEO Graeme Mason said the feature “promises to be visually stunning, with a female-led story that has the potential to be another box office hit like The Dressmaker.” source: IF Magazine