A breakdown on the road;by the time the husband (and his little boy) go to a car repair shop,the wife has disappeared .As the couple's marriage seemed to be on the rocks (they had a quarrel just before she disappeared),the man becomes a suspect.
Although rather derivative,a good suspense is sustained throughout;many wrong tracks ,many new developments ,good supporting characters ;even if the solution is a little disappointing ,the very last scene ,avoiding mawkish melodrama ,is very poetic if tragic. SPOILER The main flaw concerns the central character: although Yvan Attal does an effective work,the director (and the screenwriters) should have showed a more ambiguous father :after all,he might be behind this disappearance.It is almost impossible to believe this father (an embittered cop) might possibly be a criminal.
All in all,this is a good thriller,and the video tapes ,although already used a hundred times or more ,does the trick.
Like this? Try these....
"So long at the fair" (Fisher ,1950)
"Spoorloos" (Sluizer,1988)
"Breakdown" (Mostow,1997)
Although rather derivative,a good suspense is sustained throughout;many wrong tracks ,many new developments ,good supporting characters ;even if the solution is a little disappointing ,the very last scene ,avoiding mawkish melodrama ,is very poetic if tragic. SPOILER The main flaw concerns the central character: although Yvan Attal does an effective work,the director (and the screenwriters) should have showed a more ambiguous father :after all,he might be behind this disappearance.It is almost impossible to believe this father (an embittered cop) might possibly be a criminal.
All in all,this is a good thriller,and the video tapes ,although already used a hundred times or more ,does the trick.
Like this? Try these....
"So long at the fair" (Fisher ,1950)
"Spoorloos" (Sluizer,1988)
"Breakdown" (Mostow,1997)