The Vanishing Hitchhiker (film)

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The Vanishing Hitchhiker
Poster - The Vanishing Hitchhiker.jpg
Poster of film
Directed by Rosario Brucato
Written byRosario Brucato
Produced byRosario Brucato
Starring Giuseppe Brucato
Veronica Brucato
Emanuela De Rossi
CinematographyRosario Brucato
Edited byRosario Brucato
Music by Marika Takeuchi
Production
company
R.B. Cinema
Distributed byR.B. Cinema
Release date
  • December 2020 (2020-12)(London)
Running time
16 minutes
CountriesItaly, United States
LanguageItalian

The Vanishing Hitchhiker is a 2020 Italian horror-supernatural-drama short film, written, directed and edited by Rosario Brucato. [1] Various themes intertwine in the film such as maternal love, kindness, the supernatural, premature death and the suspense that dominates in the film following the other themes. [2] The film is loosely based on the famous urban legend The Vanishing Hitchhiker. [3] [4]

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Plot

Franz meets a young and mysterious hitchhiker who says he has had a car breakdown. After some hesitation, Franz accepts and accompanies her home. The following day, Franz gets into the car and sees her necklace on the upholstery of the car, he decides to bring it back to her, but when he arrives at her house he comes across a terrifying discovery... [5] [6] [7]

Cast

Production

The film was shot in Italy and post production was completed in Los Angeles and Saint Paul, Minnesota. [8] [9]

Awards and nominations

The film has participated in various international festivals. In December 2020 he entered the competition at the Lift-Off Global Network in London and later in that of Berlin. [10] It won at the Bare Bones International Film Festival [11] for Best Foreign Language - Best of Fest [12] [13] and was screened live and online, It won the Remi Award at the 54th edition of the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival. [14] [15] It was named Best of Fest [16] and Best of Encores [17] at the 40th Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Film Festival, [18] It was nominated and screened live at the Fright Night Film Fest [19] and the Route 66 Film Festival. [20] It was also screened live in Colorado at the Dickens Horror Film Festival. [21] It has won at other international festivals, mainly in the United States. [22] [23] [24]

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