This film has been in development since 2014.

My parents took me to a late 80s re-screening of Picnic at Hanging Rock when I was 6 or 7yo.

I think at the time the classification board described it as “G” indicating that “the content is mild in impact” but by then it was no longer a new film and parents probably should have known better.

Sure its not as rough as Fortress (1985) but it was still covering themes of children in realistic peril. Its not a film with a happy ending and the fact that its based on a true story left child me shaken.