Watch: Ladies in Black 2018 123movies, Full Movie Online – Ladies in Black is set in Sydney in the summer of 1959, against the backdrop of Australia’s cultural awakening, breakdown of class structures, and liberation of women. It tells the coming-of-age story of suburban schoolgirl Lisa, who while waiting for her final high school exam results with dreams of going to the University of Sydney, takes a summer job at a large department store. Here she works side-by-side with a group of saleswomen who open her eyes to a world beyond her sheltered existence, and foster her metamorphosis..
Plot: 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.
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Great choice for 2h of escapism!
The movie perfectly captures this distinct 50s post WW2 vibe of blissful ignorance. Think of movies like Father of the bride or Pillow talk. You can easily imagine the young Audrey Hepburn as Lisa, Spencer Tracy as her father and Doris Day as Fay. But don’t get me wrong: the actual casting in this movie was spot on. Especially Julia Ormond stole the show with her wonderful performance.If you don’t expect this movie to be a socially or psychologically challenging experience and you just need to shut the harsh realities of the world out for 2h, I can’t recommend this one enough!
A beautiful, entertaining movie
Veteran director Bruce Beresford turns a simple plot about a teenager’s Christmas holiday job in a department store in 1959, into a wonderful, heartfelt story about the workers’ different troubles in life, and about what refugees bring to our lives. The (frankly gorgeous) set design, script and acting are all perfectly executed. You never say, ‘that didn’t work’. For me, the centre of the movie is Julia Ormond’s character, Magda. As a Slovenian haute couture saleswoman at Goode’s department store, you sense Magda has undergone many trials, but she is brave, warm and generous to the new Christmas casual worker Lisa (Angourie Rice) and is one of those people that are the life of the party and whose wisdom has come from experience. Their colleague Fay, comes across as a naive blonde, but there is more to her than you first think. If the movie has one fault, is that it’s probably a little too heartwarming. Lisa seems to have a great time, both at work and socialising outside work, and her worst experience seems to be mopping up a customer’s vomit. All the loose ends of the story are neatly tied up at the end. The Australians, notably Lisa’s parents (played by Susie Porter and Shane Jacobson) find the refugees’ food such as salami and wine a bit strange at first, but really don’t object too much. One character’s husband leaves her, but he comes back later, and all is well. The only person who maybe doesn’t have a happy ending is the veteran supervisor Mrs Cartwright (Noni Hazelhurst), but she is a minor character. However one could argue that there’s nothing wrong with a movie that makes you feel good. I cannot say that this movie did not entertain me. I really loved it, and it feels unfair to say it’s a little bit of a fairytale.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 49 min (109 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated PG
Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director Bruce Beresford
Writer Madeleine St. John, Sue Milliken, Bruce Beresford
Actors Julia Ormond, Angourie Rice, Rachael Taylor
Country Australia
Awards 9 wins & 22 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix N/A
Aspect Ratio 2.39 : 1
Camera Arri Alexa Mini, Panavision C- and E-Series Lenses
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format CF ProRes 4444 XQ (3.2K)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (4K) (master format), Panavision (anamorphic) (source format)
Printed Film Format D-Cinema