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| distributor = Argos Films | released = | runtime = 107 minutes | country = Netherlands France | language = Dutch, French | budget = | gross = }} ''The Vanishing'' ((オランダ語:Spoorloos), literally "Traceless" or "Without a Trace") is a Dutch–French film adaptation of the novella ''The Golden Egg'' by Tim Krabbé, released on 27 October 1988. Directed by George Sluizer and starring Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, the film is about the disappearance of a young Dutch woman and her lover's obsessive search for her, which leads him into increasingly dangerous territory. In France the film was released under the title ''L'homme qui voulait savoir (The Man Who Wanted to Know)''. On the film's American release in 1990, ''The Vanishing'' received great critical acclaim. Sluizer later remade the film in English in 1993, but the remake was poorly received. ==Plot== A 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 felt the collision of the two eggs would signify the end of something. Their car runs out of petrol and they stop at a rest area, where a man in another car dons a false sling and orthopedic cast. Rex promises to never abandon Saskia and they bury two coins at the base of a tree as a symbol of their romance. Saskia enters the petrol station to buy drinks and does not return. Rex frantically searches for her. Some time earlier, Raymond, a wealthy family man, secretly plots to abduct a woman. He buys an isolated house, experiments with chloroform, and rehearses scenarios in which he entices women into his car. When his initial attempts at abduction fail, he poses as an injured motorist in need of assistance and goes to the rest area out of town where he will not be recognised. Three years after Saskia's disappearance, Rex is still searching for her. Over this time, he has received several postcards inviting him to meet the kidnapper at a cafe in Nimes, but the kidnapper never comes. Unknown to Rex, the cafe is directly opposite Raymond's apartment, from where he watches Rex wait. Rex's new girlfriend, Lieneke, reluctantly helps him search for Saskia. One day, Rex has a dream similar to Saskia's that he is trapped in a golden egg. Unable to endure his obsession, Lieneke leaves him. Rex makes a public appeal on television, saying he only wants to know the truth about what happened to Saskia. Raymond confronts Rex and admits the kidnapping; he says he will reveal what happened to her if Rex comes with him. As they drive, Raymond describes himself as a sociopath who had the idea of committing a kidnapping after rescuing a young girl from drowning. He became obsessed with discovering whether he could commit an act of great evil after committing one of great good. He describes how he kidnapped Saskia at the rest stop by posing as a traveling salesman and enticed her into his car after she asked about buying a gift for Rex. Raymond takes Rex to the rest area. He dismisses Rex's threats of police action, explaining that there is no evidence connecting him to the crime. He pours Rex a cup of drugged coffee, and tells him the only way to learn what happened to Saskia is to experience it himself. As Raymond waits in the car, Rex rages, unsure of what to do. After digging up the coins he and Saskia buried, he drinks the coffee. When he awakens, he has been buried alive. Above ground, Raymond relaxes at his country home. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Vanishing (1988 film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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