On Valentine’s Day 1900, students from Appleyard College, a girls’ private school in Victoria, Australia, embark on a field trip to an unusual volcanic formation called Hanging Rock.
It’s not until the end of the day that the group realise that some of their party have mysteriously disappeared. Returning to the big screen to celebrate its 50th anniversary in a dazzling 4K restoration, Peter Weir’s adaptation of Joan Lindsay’s novel has lost none of its mystique or mesmerising power.
Credits
Australia 1975
107 mins
Dir Peter Weir
Cert 12A
Venues
Valentine’s Day previews (14 and 15 February)
Regular screenings
From 21 February
BFI Southbank
More to be announced