A bit of Australian Cinema
by manz
Australian movies set in boarding schools! Who knew! (Both part of the Australian New Wave movement in cinema.) One of them is Flirting (1991). It’s set in 1965 where the laid back, brooding and edgy Danny is trapped in an oppressive “yes sir” boarding school. He is an outsider in his class and he soon befriends the beautiful Ugandan Thandiwe from the girls’ school across the lake. Sparks fly and they spend time sneaking rowboats across the lake to see each other, and soon their young love gets them into trouble.
A bit of a contrast, though also set at an Australian boarding school, is Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975). Peter Weir’s film is more quiet, mysterious and artistic in nature. A group of girls set out for a picnic at Hanging Rock on Valentine’s Day in 1900 and four of them go missing, never return and the mystery is never solved- which makes the film even more compelling. (This film is based on Joan Lindsay’s novel of the same name.) Need more Aussie films?
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