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72% Critic Match
Picnic at Hanging Rock
“On St. Valentine's Day in 1900 a party of schoolgirls set out to picnic at Hanging Rock…Some were never to return.”
7.2 / 10• 1975• 1h 47m•PG• English
DramaMystery
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Rachel Roberts
Mrs. Appleyard
Lead
Vivean Gray
Miss Greta McCraw
Helen Morse
Mlle. Dianne de Poitiers
Kirsty Child
Miss Dora Lumley
Tony Llewellyn-Jones
Tom
Jacki Weaver
Minnie
Anne-Louise Lambert
Miranda St. Clare
Karen Robson
Irma Leopold
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Peter Weir's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Picnic at Hanging Rock is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
