The Vanishing (1988) ( Spoorloos )

The Vanishing (1988) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Spoorloos
Screened, competed or awarded at:
European Film Awards
Fantasporto Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
102 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen

Special Features:
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1988 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Netherlands ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
George Sluizer

Written By:
Tim Krabbe
George Sluizer

Actors:
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu ..... Raymond Lemorne
Gene Bervoets ..... Rex Hofman
Johanna ter Steege ..... Saskia Wagter
Gwen Eckhaus ..... Lieneke
Bernadette Le Saché ..... Simone Lemorne
Tania Latarjet ..... Denise Lemorne
Lucille Glenn ..... Gabrielle 'Gaby' Lemorne
Roger Souza ..... Manager
Caroline Appéré ..... Cashier
Pierre Forget ..... Farmer Laurent
Didier Rousset ..... TV Journalist
Raphaeline ..... Gisele Marzin
Robert Lucibello ..... Teacher
David Bayle ..... Lemorne (16 Years)
Doumee ..... Lady 'Prisunic' (as Doumée)

Synopsis:

***ATTENTION***French/Dutch audio with English subtitles***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 lover's disappearance. The truth is more sinister than he dared imagine.

Inspired by the current Tour de France, married Amsterdammers Rex Hofman and Saskia Wagter drive to France to go on a cycling vacation. At a highway gas station/rest stop in France, Saskia goes inside to use the facilities and make some purchases, but Rex never sees her come out. Despite the two having had a serious argument earlier that day, Rex doesn't believe she left him on her own volition and that she was abducted. His cursory questioning of people at the gas station does provide some information, but does not result in Rex finding out definitively what happened to her. Fast forward three years... Rex has a renewed fervor in finding out what happened to Saskia, often taking to the media as a plea to the public about any information. His new girlfriend Lieneke supports his efforts, but she may only be able to be the third wheel in their relationship for so long. Rex's search is spurred by the occasional postcard he has received by an unknown person asking to meet him at the same café in Nîmes, that person who never shows up. But that person eventually does show himself to Rex. He is Raymond Lemorne, a chemistry professor and family man with wife and two daughters. He admits that he used several rudimentary and unsuccessful ruses in the past to try and lure women into his car with the purpose of knocking them unconscious with chloroform. His quest was inadvertently spurred by his daughter's worship of him after he saved a girl from drowning. Raymond vows to tell Rex the entire story only on the condition that Rex experience exactly what Saskia experienced. With no hard evidence tying Raymond to Saskia's disappearance, Rex has to decide if he will go along with Raymond's conditions to find out what happened to Saskia.

This is the original version (as opposed to the Hollywood remake) of George Sluizer's masterpiece and is regarded as one of the best suspense thrillers ever made. Based on the novel The Golden Egg by Tim Krabbe, The Vanishing is the ultimate tribute to Alfred Hitchcock with the ending to prove it. Whilst touring in France, a young couple (Rex and Saskia) stop for a break at a roadside service station. Saskia leaves Rex to browse around the shops and vanishes leaving no clues as to her whereabouts.

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