Round 5: Tossup 2

In this film, a gardener shows off the thigmonasty of a shameplant in his greenhouse. At this film’s end, a clock stops ticking as a woman rotates her head towards the camera. Frederic Leighton’s painting Flaming June appears several times in this film, which often dwells on the line “everything begins and ends at exactly the right time and place.” Gheorghe Zamfir (“GYOR-gay zam-FEER”) played the song that plays over this film’s opening (15[1])line, which quotes Poe’s poem “A (*) Dream within a Dream.” (10[1])This (10[1])film, which has a pan flute theme, was re-released in 4K by the BFI for its 50th anniversary (-5[1])on Valentine’s Day 2025. In this film of a Joan Lindsay novel, piano music accompanies shots of children ascending an earth formation. (10[1])For 10 points, name this Peter Weir (“weer”) film about the disappearance of schoolgirls in the Australian bush. ■END■ (10[1])

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