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

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

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

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.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Peter Weir
  • Profile picture of Rachel Roberts
    Mrs. Appleyard Rachel Roberts
  • Profile picture of Vivean Gray
    Miss Greta McCraw Vivean Gray
  • Profile picture of Helen Morse
    Mlle. Dianne de Poitiers Helen Morse
  • Profile picture of Kirsty Child
    Miss Dora Lumley Kirsty Child
  • Profile picture of Tony Llewellyn-Jones
    Tom Tony Llewellyn-Jones
  • Profile picture of Jacki Weaver
    Minnie Jacki Weaver
  • Profile picture of Anne-Louise Lambert
    Miranda St. Clare Anne-Louise Lambert
  • Profile picture of Karen Robson
    Irma Leopold Karen Robson

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Keywords

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