The Vanishing
The Vanishing, previously titled Keepers, is a 2018 British psychological thriller drama film directed by Kristoffer Nyholm and written by Celyn Jones and Joe Bone. Based on the 1900 disappearance of the Flannan Isles Lighthouse crew, it stars Gerard Butler, Peter Mullan, and Connor Swindells as three lighthouse keepers whose shift takes a dark turn. The film premiered at Sitges Film Festival in October 2018, which was followed by a United Kingdom release in March 2019.
Plot
Three men begin their six-week shift tending to the remote Flannan Isles Lighthouse. Donald, the youngest, is inexperienced and learning the trade of the lighthouse keeper from James and Thomas. James has a family waiting for him on the mainland, Thomas is still mourning the loss of his wife and children.
More details
author | Celyn Jones Joe Bone |
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contentLocation | Scotland |
director | Kristoffer Nyholm |
editor | Mike Panikkou |
genre | drama thriller |
keywords | gold bar horrify keep kill learn lighthouse lighthouse keeper mourn open sail under water wait wife and child wooden chest woolding young boy |
musicBy | Benjamin Wallfisch |
producer | Ade Shannon Alan Siegel Andy Evans Gerard Butler Maurice Fadida Sean Marley |
productionCompany | Cross Creek Pictures G-BASE iWood Studios Kodiak Pictures Mad As Birds |
publisher | Lionsgate UK |
theme | psychological thriller |