The Vanishing

– Rex and Saskia are enjoying a biking holiday in France when, stopping at a gas station, Saskia disap..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.80 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 47 Minutes
Release Year:
1988
Original Name:
Spoorloos
The Vanishing (1988) - Also known as Spoorloos

Rex and Saskia are enjoying a biking holiday in France when, stopping at a gas station, Saskia disappears. Confounded, Rex searches everywhere, but to no avail. Three years later, he's still obsessed with finding her, pleading his case on television, putting up posters and ruining his new relationship in the process. Eventually an unassuming chemistry teacher, Raymond, approaches Rex, intimating that he knows what happened.

The Vanishing (1988) - Trailer

Release Date:

27 Oct 1988

Language:

Dutch, French, English

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

Director:

George Sluizer

Writer:

Tim Krabbé (novel), Tim Krabbé (screenplay), George Sluizer (adaptation)

Main Actors:

Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets, Johanna ter Steege, Gwen Eckhaus

Plot:

Rex and Saskia are on holiday, a young couple in love. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia disappears. Rex dedicates the next three years trying to find her. Then he receives some postcards from her abductor, who promises to reveal what has happened to Saskia. The abductor, Raymond Lemorne, is a chilling character to whom Rex is drawn by his intense desire to learn the truth behind his lovers disappearance. The truth is more sinister than he dared imagine.

Awards:

7 wins & 6 nominations.

Production:

20th Century Fox

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
98%