Movie

Picnic at Hanging Rock

1975 · 107 min

A haunting, dreamlike experience that lingers with an unsettling sense of mystery and loss.

Tagline: On St. Valentine's Day in 1900 a party of schoolgirls set out to picnic at Hanging Rock…Some were never to return.
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.
How it feels: Eerie, melancholic, tense and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Mystery, isolation, coming-of-age, identity
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: mystery
isolation
coming-of-age
identity
grief
Places: countryside
school
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild