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AUSTRALIA · 1975
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Synopsis
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 t
Cinema Atlas Connection
The Virgin Suicides was inspired by Picnic at Hanging Rock...
My key influences at that point were films that were full of atmosphere, like Lean's Summertime and Bergman's Persona
— Peter Weir · The Guardian: Peter Weir: 'I'm a good storyteller'
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