When there are so many options available to viewers, indecision tends to easily overwhelm them, making it difficult to find the ideal series or movie to disconnect for a while. However, this week Netflix's catalog suggested a newly released thriller to take a look at. It could have been the platform's power of persuasion or the audience coming to an agreement, but the truth is that a recent release has just made its way among the most viewed in recent days.

It is the Italian thriller Vanished in the Night, a film directed by Renato De Maria (The Ruthless) which is actually a remake of the Spanish film Seventh (2013), in which the Spanish screenwriter Patxi Amezcua worked, known for other feature films such as The Warning (2018) or the recent Infiesto (2023). 

Vanished in the Night narrates what happens when the young children of a separated couple disappear on the outskirts of Bari, Italy. This tragedy will end up connecting the father with someone from his past as he embarks on a dangerous mission to bring his children back safe and sound.

This thriller lasts just 92 minutes and is starring Riccardo Scamarcio and Annabelle Wallis (Peaky Blinders). The script is written by Francesca Marciano (The Miracle) and Luca Infascelli (The Catholic School) based on Amezcua's original story.

Beyond the synopsis

Pietro (Riccardo Scamarcio) and Elena (Annabelle Wallis) are in the middle of a divorce when their two children, Bianca (Gaia Coletti) and Giovanni (Lorenzo Ferrante), disappear. The kids were sleeping at Pietro's house, but when their father went to check on them, they had vanished without a trace.

Elena, who is in Milan at that moment, rushes back to Bari and at that moment Pietro receives a call: it's a man demanding 150,000 euros in cash to return his children safe and sound. However, Pietro already has a gambling debt of 250,000 euros and there is no way to find the money to pay the kidnapper.

It is then that he decides to contact his old friend Nicola (Massimiliano Gallo) to help him get the money quickly. Even though Nicola is involved in some shady business and will end up putting Pietro in danger.

The original story

Ricardo Darín and Belén Rueda in 'Seventh'

Vanished in the Night is a remake of Seventh, the 2013 film written and directed by Patxi Amezcua. It tells a similar story, although the Italian version modifies a large part of the plot.

It tells the story of a father and his two children playing to see who can reach the street from a seventh floor first: the father in the elevator or the children by the stairs. When the father reaches the ground floor, the children are not there and there is no trace of them. A frantic search then begins by the father (Ricardo Darín) and the mother (Belén Rueda) of the young ones.

*This article has been automatically translated using artificial intelligence