The Intruder
2005 · 110 min · ★ 6.7 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery
Tom Vansant is an emergency physician from Brussels who is desperately searching for his daughter who ran away from home and is now missing for eighteen months. He meets a girl of whom he thinks that she knows what happened to his daughter but the girl doesn't want to talk about her past. In his search to find out why she doesn't talk about it he ends up in a small village in the Ardennes where no one wants to help him discover what really happened.
Directed by Frank van Mechelen · Written by Ward Hulselmans
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Koen De Bouw Tom Vansant -
Maaike Neuville Charlotte -
Filip Peeters Roland Dunewolt -
Axel Daeseleire Wes Moons -
Els Dottermans Erika -
Éric Godon Victor Philips -
Gauthier de Fauconval Luc Florent -
Nathalie Laroche Moeder van Florent -
Vic de Wachter Nivek -
Sien Eggers Elsie
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