Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

Synopsis: Weir's (TRUMAN SHOW, DEAD POETS SOCIETY) exotic story employs tranquil surrealism and lush cinematography to explore the interconnected relationships between nature, eroticism and repression. While... Weir's (TRUMAN SHOW, DEAD POETS SOCIETY) exotic story employs tranquil surrealism and lush cinematography to explore the interconnected relationships between nature, eroticism and repression. While out climbing rocks, three girls from a posh finishing school vanish without a trace. In an attempt to find them, a geometry teacher climbs the rock and follows them into oblivion. A young man who has seen the teacher running up the mountain in a pair of bloomers, decides to spend the night on the rock, in hopes of finding the girls. But in the morning he is discovered with a wound on his head and no recollection of what happened. And when one of the girls later returns she's also wounded and dazed. A truly alluring, enigmatic film. [More]

Starring: Rachel Roberts, Dominic Guard, Helen Morse, Jacki Weaver

Starring: Rachel Roberts, Dominic Guard, Helen Morse, Jacki Weaver, Anne Louise Lambert

Director: Peter Weir

Director: Peter Weir
Screenwriter: Cliff Green
Producer: James McElroy, Hal McElroy

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