Picnic at Hanging Rock

This sensual and striking chronicle of a disappearance and its aftermath put director Peter Weir on the map and helped usher in a new era of Australian cinema.

Based on an acclaimed 1967 novel by Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock is set at the turn of the twentieth century and concerns a small group of students from an all- female college who vanish, along with a chaperone, while on a St. Valentine’s Day outing.

Less a mystery than a journey into the mystic, as well as an inquiry into issues of class and sexual repression in Australian society, Weir’s gorgeous, disquieting film is a work of poetic horror whose secrets haunt viewers to this day.

Experience the new 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Peter Weir and director of photography Russell Boyd.

Release Date: Mar 29, 2025

Rating: PG

Runtime: 115 mins

Director: Peter Weir

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

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