Picnic At Hanging Rock (1979)

On Valentine’s day 1900, an Australian boarding school for girls organised a field trip to nearby Hanging Rock, but three of the girls and their governess failed to return.

Peter Weir’s atmospheric tale is based upon a true life mystery that to this day has never been solved; this gives plenty of scope for attractive imagery and period detail which sets the scene beautifully for an enigmatic and evocative story with a historical bent. However, because it is based upon reality and the script refuses to even speculate as to a possible culprit or the fate of the victims, there is little meat to the mystery element.

Very nice to look at certainly and it does have a wonderfully otherworldly and ethereal quality, but some may find this period “drama” rather lacking in the latter.

6/10

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