“The film creeps under your skin and offers a unique and as of yet, unreplicated, cinematic experience in dread.” -Justine Smith, Little White Lies
“It is a film that lingers long after the lights have come up, seeps into your dreams, and remains upon waking. Like a dark, mythic fable, it is deceptively simple in design, complex in its resonances, and timeless in its queasy appeal.” -Scott Foundas, The Criterion Collection
Encore screening: Thursday, October 22, 8:45 p.m. | 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.
Awards & Nominations
1989 São Paulo International Film Festival - Official Selection
1991 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Nominee, Best Foreign Language Film
The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu