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The Vanishing

A sleek psycho-chiller with an absorbing plot about the vanishing without a trace of a young woman at a gas station, and the terrifying battle of wits that follows between her companion at the time and the possible abductor.

Year: 1988
Genre: Alice's 500 Greatest Films, Foreign Language Films, Dutch & Belgian Cinema, Film Festivals 1990, Best of the 1980s, Movies (1001 You Must See Before You Die)
Country: France, Netherlands
Director: George Sluizer
Starring: Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Johanna Ter Steege
Duration: 104 Minutes
Rating: R13
7.8/10
Location in store: Alice's 500 Greatest Films

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