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Picnic at Hanging Rock
On a golden Valentine's Day in 1900, students from an Australian girls' boarding school set out on a picnic to the ancient volcanic outcrop of Hanging Rock. When several of them wander up among the stones and fail to return, an unsettling mystery settles over the school. Peter Weir's dreamlike, enduringly eerie classic.
Why it’s here
A canonical Australian mystery shaped by landscape, colonial schooling, and national myth.
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Genre
- Drama · Mystery
- Mood
- thoughtful · dreamlike
- Entry
- easy entry
- Best for
- first visit
Content notes: child harm or distress Non-exhaustive