The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

It's all about beginnings.

2018120 min6.7 / 10

A melancholic, nonlinear mystery about artistic ambition and romantic connection that traces a writer's rise and enigmatic disappearance across three decades.

Over the course of 12 years, and three stages of life, Sidney Hall falls in love, writes the book of a generation and then disappears without a trace.

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