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Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

Drama Mystery

On St. Valentine's Day in 1900 a party of schoolgirls set out to picnic at Hanging Rock…Some were never to return.

Release Date: 1975, September 2
Directors: Peter Weir
Countries: Australia
Production: McElroy & McElroy, Picnic Productions Pty. Ltd., British Empire Films Australia, Australian Film Commission, South Australian Film Corporation
Cast: John Jarratt, Jacki Weaver, Rachel Roberts, Garry McDonald, Peter Collingwood, Dominic Guard, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Anne-Louise Lambert, Helen Morse, Jenny Lovell, Martin Vaughan, Christine Schuler

Overview:

In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging Rock. Despite rules against it, Miranda and several other girls venture off. It's not until the end of the day that the faculty realizes the girls and one of the teachers have disappeared mysteriously.

Keywords:

based on novel or book based on true story coming of age atmospheric australia mysterious disappearance valentine's day orphanage 1900s girls' boarding school hanging rock