Spoorloos(1988).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. Written byMatthew Stanfield <mattst@cogs.susx.ac.uk>... Synopsis Spoorloos(1988)
Movie Title: Spoorloos(1988)
Run Time: 107 min
Rating: 7.8 / 10
Genres: Mystery |Thriller
Release Date: 27 October 1988 (Netherlands)
Director: George Sluizer
Writer: Tim Krabbé (novel),Tim Krabbé , more credit ... and other credits
Actor: Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu,Gene Bervoets,Johanna ter Steege
I saw it with a friend when it was released. Then I went home and told my husband about it, and how impressed I was. He's not much of a moviegoer, but he's certainly sensitive to film: His favorites are The Third Man, Maltese Falcon, The Conversation-- all biggies. And when I rented "My Life as a Dog" and he started to watch it with me, he had to leave the room after the first ten minutes or so, saying, "This movie is going to be much too sad." Which, if you've seen that Lasse Hallstrom film, you know he pegged it.
Anyway, he asked about the plot of "The Vanishing." I told him, he listened, and that was the end of it. Or so I thought.
We're at a dinner party later that week, and I mention the movie. Someone asks about it, I start to describe it-- and my husband stops me. He says, "It's too disturbing to even hear the plot again."
I never mentioned it again. Nor have I watched it again, and don't think I ever could. But I am forever glad that I saw it that first time. A gripping story that demands more emotion from the audience than almost any other film I can name.
