Ivan’s Childhood1962
Both on Top 10 lists by Daniel Lopatin and William Tyler
The Vanishing
Spoorloos
France, Netherlands / Dutch / 1988 / 1h 46m
- Criterion Collection
- Spine №133
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Synopsis
A young man embarks on an obsessive search for the girlfriend who mysteriously disappeared while the couple were taking a sunny vacation trip, and his three-year investigation draws the attention of her abductor, a mild-mannered professor with a clinically diabolical mind. An unorthodox love story and a truly unsettling thriller, Dutch filmmaker George Sluizer’s THE VANISHING unfolds with meticulous intensity, leading to an unforgettable finale that has unnerved audiences around the world.
