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A Balasaur Score of 79 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 93%, Metacritic 81/100. Scores higher than 89% of the 1,160 1970s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max.
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 teachers have disappeared mysteriously.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Metacritic81/100
917 audience votes
Key crew
- Peter WeirDirector
- Cliff GreenScreenplay
- Bruce SmeatonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Rachel RobertsMrs. Appleyard
- Vivean GrayMiss Greta McCraw
- Helen MorseMlle. Dianne de Poitiers
- Kirsty ChildMiss Dora Lumley
- Tony Llewellyn-JonesTom
- Jacki WeaverMinnie
- Anne-Louise LambertMiranda St. Clare
- Karen RobsonIrma Leopold
- Jane VallisMarion Quade
- Christine SchulerEdith Horton
- Margaret NelsonSara Waybourne
- Ingrid MasonRosamund Swift
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Themes
australiabased on novel or bookorphanagegirls' boarding schoolbased on true storycoming of agehanging rockatmosphericvalentine's day1900smysterious disappearance
The Best Movies of 1975
Picnic at Hanging Rock is #16 of 60
