Director
Jocelyn Moorhouse
Leading Actors/Actresses
Kate Winslet
Supporting Actors/Actresses
Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving, Sarah Snook
Genre
Dark Comedy
Language
English
Awards
None
Date of Release
October 29th, 2015 (in Australia)
Producer
Sue Maslin
Setting and Context
Dungatar, Australia
Narrator and Point of View
No narrator or POV
Tone and Mood
Darkly comic, irreverent, dramatic, kooky, tragic
Protagonist and Antagonist
Tilly Dunnage (Protagonist) vs. the town of Dungatar
Major Conflict
Tilly's attempts to get revenge on those who wronged her in her youth, and figure out what happened on the day Stewart Pennyman died.
Climax
The climax is when Tilly lights the town on fire.
Foreshadowing
The immorality of the townspeople is foreshadowed at many points, even before we know many details about their lives.
Understatement
Certain elements of the plot and how outrageous it is are understated throughout the film.
Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques
Allusions
Fashion, movies of the early 1950s
Paradox
The moment after Teddy gets Tilly to finally admit she isn't cursed, he dies.
