“On Saturday 14th February 1900 a party of schoolgirls from Appleyard College picknicked at Hanging Rock near Mt. Macedon in the state of Victoria. During the afternoon several members of the party disappeared without trace..” So reads the title card of Peter Weir's exquisite and unsettling Tasmanian Gothic drama, which follows the mysteries raised by the girls' disappearance.
Read MoreUrsula K. Le Guin took her first steps as a writer in the male-dominated literary industry of the 50s. She was then one of the very first women writing science fiction. Rebellious and determined to prove that another kind of literature was possible, Le Guin kept conjuring alternative worlds and universes before winning acclaim and a devoted readership.
Read MoreSergei (Valentin Popov) returns to Moscow after military service and joins his lifelong friends Kolia (Nikolay Gubenko) and Slavka (Stanislav Lyubshin) to roam Moscow in search of adventure. Their hopes and aspirations are juxtaposed against everyday youth worries of finding money, meaning, and romance in everyday life.
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