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Frantic (1988)

Frantic poster
Directed by
Roman Polanski
Genre
action film, crime film, mystery film, thriller film
Country
France, United States
Runtime
2h
Rated
R
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 1,140 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An American doctor arrives in Paris with his wife for a medical conference. After she vanishes from their hotel room, he desperately searches the city for her, encountering a web of deceit and danger.

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What happens

Frantic is a 1988 neo-noir mystery thriller film co-written and directed by Roman Polanski and starring Harrison Ford and Emmanuelle Seigner. Ennio Morricone composed the film score. Although a commercial failure, the film was a critical success, and has since gone on to become something of a cult classic, with Morricone's score being hailed as one of his best. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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