The Vanishing
The Vanishing (, literally: "Traceless" or "Without a Trace") is a 1988 Dutch thriller film directed by George Sluizer, adapted from the novella The Golden Egg (1984) by Tim Krabbé. It stars Gene Bervoets as a man who searches obsessively for his girlfriend following her disappearance at a rest area.
Plot
A young Dutch couple, Rex and Saskia, are on holiday in France. As they drive, Saskia shares a recurring dream in which she is drifting through space in a golden egg. In the most recent dream, another egg containing another person appeared; she feels the collision of the two eggs would signify the end of something.
Awards
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| author | George Sluizer Tim Krabbé |
|---|---|
| award | European Film Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| contentLocation | France |
| director | George Sluizer |
| editor | George Sluizer Lin Friedman |
| events | missing person |
| genre | thriller |
| keywords | awakens buried in a box underground bury chloroform connect dig drift drown drug end family man golden egg injured isolated house kidnap nimes only way orthopedic cast petrol station premature burial recurring dream rest area rest stop search surround trap traveling salesman wealthy family wife and child young age young girl |
| musicBy | Henny Vrienten |
| nomination | European Film Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| producer | Anne Lordon George Sluizer |
| productionCompany | Golden Egg Films Ingrid Productions MGS Film |
| publisher | Argos Films |
| theme | missing people psychological thriller |