plot is: girls boarding school 1900. an excursion to hanging rock, victoria, on valentine's day. three girls end up disappearing plus a teacher that goes looking for them. the director in a seemingly loose script documents the trip, the disappearance n the lives of those that stayed behind. at first sight n for most ppl it poses questions but never intends to provide answers.
i loved this film n it is surely a DO WATCH. the photography is beyond belief amazing. n the genius of director producer, everyone incvolved can not be praised enough! the wild rural australia is present as a member of both cast and crew and almost governs the film. another achievement of this film is the defining of the genre mystery, for this movie is truly a mystery and a very intense one. there is no detective story or crime story behind it, in fact there s no indications of any crime. or well. it s all about the mystic element in nature that is obvious to some more than to others. it s also about the conflict between culture and nature.
i loved this film n it is surely a DO WATCH. the photography is beyond belief amazing. n the genius of director producer, everyone incvolved can not be praised enough! the wild rural australia is present as a member of both cast and crew and almost governs the film. another achievement of this film is the defining of the genre mystery, for this movie is truly a mystery and a very intense one. there is no detective story or crime story behind it, in fact there s no indications of any crime. or well. it s all about the mystic element in nature that is obvious to some more than to others. it s also about the conflict between culture and nature.
but most of all, n u will know this when u watch the film closely it is about a fat spoilt cannibal girl feasting on some of her school mates.
of course i m not a person to not justify my point of view. n i say: watch her. watch her closely. watch her moaning. watch her devour the cake. watch her closely, the ppl making the film outdid themselves in mastery here. n then how strange she wants to go with her friends exploring. she doesnt seem much the exploring type. watch her complain about the hunger, about everything, but also the hunger. watch her panic when her friends wanna walk on without her, she s walked so far n now the bastards just wanna off n she doesnt get a bite? it doesnt work this way. watch her run after them. watch her get furious, freaking out in hunger n malice, screaming with pleasure (it s living food after all)!n then who r we to believe that they have just disappeared? it s the fat hungry-no-more cannibal girl. now ok the old teacher might have had an accident while climbing n discovering the remnants, the shock was too much, maybe she fell or suffered a stroke (or heart attack). n then when the other girl who managed to run away n hide is discovered, she s in such a shock she can't communicate. post traumatic shock clearly. n guess why. but then when back in school, who s the first to attack her, i ask? who else, but the fat cannibal girl! before she has the chance to say a word. it s pretty clear she fears the girl might talk...
ofc, it is wrongly believed by far too many that this film is based on a true story. magic as it would be and beautiful, it is all fictional. (and how could it not be? please, how would the fat hungry cannibal girl have managed to eat up so much uncooked raw flesh n make the rest just vanish with no trace. not very possible.)
cannibalism aside, or cannibalism icluded, this film is a real experience of a film. watch.
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