Picnic At Hanging Rock12A

Directed by Peter Weir | Australia | 1975 | 1h 48m | Starring Rachel Roberts, Anne-Louise Lambert, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse, Tony Llewellyn-Jones

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 realises the girls and one of the teachers have disappeared mysteriously. Peter Weir’s wonderfully enigmatic film, with its ethereal cinematography and ghostly, foreboding atmosphere helped usher in a new era of Australian cinema.

Join us on Sunday 18th May (3pm) for a screening introduced by film lecturer Dr Andrew Webber.

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Reviews

‘The film’s mystery still shimmers.’
★★★★★
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

‘The “readings” are endless, the mood impossibly eerie and the legacy untouchable.’
★★★★★
Kevin Maher, The Times

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