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A Balasaur Score of 81 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 96%. Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 98% of the 524 1980s thriller movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Rex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation when they stop at a busy service station. Saskia is abducted in broad daylight and three years pass with no answers or closure surrounding her disappearance. Rex has nearly given up all hope when he suddenly begins receiving letters from her abductor.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do.
872 audience votes
Key crew
- Tim KrabbéScreenplay
- George SluizerDirector
- Henny VrientenOriginal Music Composer
- George SluizerScreenplay
Cast
- Bernard-Pierre DonnadieuRaymond Lemorne
- Gene BervoetsRex Hofman
- Johanna ter SteegeSaskia Wagter
- Gwen EckhausLieneke
- Pierre ForgetFarmer Laurent
- Bernadette Le SachéSimone Lemorne
- Tania LatarjetDenise Lemorne
- Lucille GlennGabrielle Lemorne
- Roger SouzaManager
- Caroline AppéréCashier
- Didier RoussetTV Journalist
- Raphaëline GoupilleauGisèle Marzin
Stills
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Themes
loss of loved onekidnappingroadhousedisappearancemissing personcuriousmysteriousmysterious disappearancesuspensefulsearch for wife
The Best Movies of 1988
The Vanishing is #9 of 60
