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Picnic at Hanging Rock

1975 · 107 min · Director: Peter Weir ★ IMDb 7.3 · 46,802 ratings

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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.

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Emotional fingerprint

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Confusion 30%, Anxiety 25%, Awe 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Confusion, Anxiety, Awe. Genres: Drama, Mystery. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Confusion, Anxiety and Awe. Its IMDb rating of 7.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Curiosity
  • Sympathy
  • Sadness

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Curiosity
Sympathy
Sadness
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 13 %, then peaks around 88 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityCuriositySympathySadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Love45 %22 %10 %10 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Sympathy40 %28 %15 %11 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Curiosity40 %38 %15 %9 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Curiosity41 %40 %19 %8 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Curiosity43 %36 %25 %11 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Tension55 %43 %35 %20 %
32.5 %≈ 35′Tension71 %56 %46 %28 %
37.5 %≈ 40′Tension75 %66 %46 %30 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Curiosity68 %65 %40 %28 %
47.5 %≈ 51′Tension63 %51 %40 %24 %
52.5 %≈ 56′Tension65 %48 %40 %20 %
57.5 %≈ 62′Curiosity70 %56 %41 %24 %
62.5 %≈ 67′Tension71 %63 %48 %31 %
67.5 %≈ 72′Curiosity69 %60 %54 %38 %
72.5 %≈ 78′Sympathy66 %49 %60 %46 %
77.5 %≈ 83′Sympathy68 %46 %63 %51 %
82.5 %≈ 88′Sympathy75 %46 %69 %60 %
87.5 %≈ 94′Sympathy79 %46 %71 %66 %
92.5 %≈ 99′Sadness77 %56 %63 %68 %
97.5 %≈ 104′Sadness78 %62 %58 %73 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

RR
Rachel Roberts

Mrs. Appleyard

VG
Vivean Gray

HM
Helen Morse

KC
Kirsty Child

TL
Tony Llewellyn-Jones

AL
Anne-Louise Lambert

KR
Karen Robson

JV
Jane Vallis

CS
Christine Schuler

MN
Margaret Nelson

Sara Waybourne

IM
Ingrid Mason

Rosamund Swift

JL
Jenny Lovell

Blanche Gifford

JM
Janet Murray

Juliana

WR
Wynn Roberts

Sgt. Bumpher

PC
Peter Collingwood

Col. Fitzhubert

OD
Olga Dickie

Mrs. Fitzhubert

DG
Dominic Guard

Michael Fitzhubert

JJ
John Jarratt

Albert Crundall

FG
Frank Gunnell

Mr. Whitehead

Details

Directed by
Peter Weir
Written by
Joan Lindsay, Cliff Green
Type
Movies
Released
1975
Runtime
107 min
Country
Australia
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.3 · 46,802 ratings
Feels mostly
Confusion
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