Frantic

Frantic

1988 · 120 min · EN · R · 6.7 (906 votes)
Dir. Roman Polanski · Starring Harrison Ford, Emmanuelle Seigner, Betty Buckley, Dominique Pinon, Jacques Ciron, John Mahoney · Music Ennio Morricone

They've taken his wife. Now he's taking action.

ThrillerMystery

The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris and, to find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant, mysterious waif who knows more than she tells.

VIBE

This film feels like a tightening knot of anxiety, as a man navigates a labyrinthine, indifferent Paris in search of his vanished wife. It's a disorienting, sophisticated mystery steeped in classic thriller tension, where every step forward only deepens the enigmatic intrigue and personal desperation.

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