Picnic at Hanging Rock

About Picnic at Hanging Rock

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.

Picnic at Hanging Rock is a 1975 mystery film directed by Peter Weir. Its themes are australia, 1900s, orphanage, and valentine's day.

Rachel Roberts stars as Mrs. Appleyard, Vivean Gray as Miss Greta McCraw, Helen Morse as Mlle. Dianne de Poitiers, and Kirsty Child as Miss Dora Lumley. Released in September 1975, it runs 107 minutes.

The screenplay is by Cliff Green. It comes from Australian Film Commission, British Empire Films Australia, and McElroy & McElroy. The story is adapted from a novel. American members can watch it on Criterion Channel, HBO Max, and HBO Max Amazon Channel.

Lion, A Walk to Remember, and Philomena make useful companions to Picnic at Hanging Rock, all filed under coming of age. TMDB voters put it at 7.2 out of 10 across 920 votes and it carries a PG rating.