Ladies in Black (2018)

Ladies in Black: Directed by Bruce Beresford. With Julia Ormond, Angourie Rice, Rachael Taylor, Alison McGirr. Adapted from the bestselling novel by Madeleine St John, Ladies in Black is an alluring and tender-hearted comedy drama about the lives of a group of department store employees in 1959 Sydney.

“This film can be enjoyed simply as a feel-good story with beautiful scenery. It also shows a time of change for Australia, as well as for the young heroine Lisa: Anglo- and Irish-Australians meeting Continental European culture; a working-class girl aspiring to go to university; women wanting fulfilling relationships with their husbands, rather than settling for u0026quot;heu0026#39;s not a bad blokeu0026quot;.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA lovely adaptation of Madeleine St Johnu0026#39;s novel, The Women in Black, with a great ensemble cast. nBeautiful late 1950s costumes and production design recreating 1950s Sydney. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOne reviewer criticised the film because u0026quot;nothing happensu0026quot;, but for the four central characters – Lisa, Fay, Patty, and Magda – it is a summer of significant change.”