The Vanishing 1988

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The Vanishing ★★★ Spoorloos 1988

When his wife suddenly disappears, a young husband finds himself becoming increasingly obsessed with finding her. Three years down the road, his world has become one big, mad nightmare. Then, just as suddenly, the answer confronts him, but the reality of it may be too horrible to face. Well-made dark thriller based on “The Golden Egg” by Tim Krabbe. In French and Dutch with English subtitles. Remade by Sluizer in 1992. 107m/C VHS, DVD . NL FR Barnard Pierre Donnadieu, Johanna Ter Steege, Gene Bervoets, Gwen Eckhaus, Bernadette Le Sache, Tania Latarjet, Lucille Glenn, Roger Souza; D: George Sluizer; W: George Sluizer, Tim Krabbe; C: Toni Kuhn; M: Henny Vrienten.