This movie leaves a deep impression.
It is a suspense thriller with a deceptively simple plot. There are only four or five characters. Two young English nurses are cycling in France, and become separated at the roadside after an argument. Nurse Pamela Franklin returns to find her friend - but she has unaccountably vanished...
The film is set against an eerily quiet backdrop of French countryside. As the worried girl moves (from village to police station to cafe to farmlands) in search of her lost friend, the tension mounts. Any of the few strangers she meets might help her - but is one of them the killer?
Little by little,her hope and certainty fade. An uncaring and hostile environment closes in almost palpably around her.
The suspense only breaks at the very end, when all is known. Finally, the upbeat, flippant closing theme music brings us back to reality.
This is one of the most 'atmospheric' films I have ever seen.
I give it a 'ten.'
It is a suspense thriller with a deceptively simple plot. There are only four or five characters. Two young English nurses are cycling in France, and become separated at the roadside after an argument. Nurse Pamela Franklin returns to find her friend - but she has unaccountably vanished...
The film is set against an eerily quiet backdrop of French countryside. As the worried girl moves (from village to police station to cafe to farmlands) in search of her lost friend, the tension mounts. Any of the few strangers she meets might help her - but is one of them the killer?
Little by little,her hope and certainty fade. An uncaring and hostile environment closes in almost palpably around her.
The suspense only breaks at the very end, when all is known. Finally, the upbeat, flippant closing theme music brings us back to reality.
This is one of the most 'atmospheric' films I have ever seen.
I give it a 'ten.'