Picnic At Hanging Rock

There is infrequent mild violence.

An unsettling tone pervades the film as the disappearance of the women - which is never explained - and speculation about what happened to them has psychological effects on various characters. A scared young woman screams as her friends move out of her sight into what she perceives as danger. A group of young women assail one of the missing school students who has been recovered, insisting hysterically that she must know something of what happened to the others. Amidst the speculation there are claims that the women were abducted.

There is mild bad language (‘bloody’, ‘bugger’), as well as very mild terms (‘Jesus’, ‘hell’).

There are occasional mild sex references.

There is brief sexist behaviour as a young man wolf-whistles at a group of young women and makes comments about their figures to a male friend. An indigenous man is referred to as an 'Abo', and a woman is called 'fat'. The film does not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour.

People are seen with cuts and bruises on heads and hands following accidents.

It is implied that people have taken their own lives.

There is discreetly expressed speculation that missing women were victims of molestation or sexual violence, but a doctor who has examined those who have been recovered gives assurances that this is not the case and that they are “intact”.

People drink alcohol, sometimes becoming drunk. There is also smoking, which reflects the historical period in which the film is set.

An unsettling tone pervades the film as the disappearance of the women - which is never explained - and speculation about what happened to them has psychological effects on various characters. A scared young woman screams as her friends move out of her sight into what she perceives as danger. A group of young women assail one of the missing school students who has been recovered, insisting hysterically that she must know something of what happened to the others. Amidst the speculation there are claims that the women were abducted.

The body of a woman is found in a greenhouse with the implication that she had fallen through its roof from a height intending to kill herself. There is no injury detail. It is also implied that another character took their own life in an off-screen incident.

There is discreetly expressed speculation that the missing women were victims of molestation or sexual violence, but a doctor who has examined those who have been recovered gives assurances that this is not the case and that they are “intact”.