Directed by Albert Shin
Written by Albert Shin and James Schultz
Starring Tuppence Middleton, Hannah Gross and Marie-Josée Croze
Running time 1 hour, 40 minutes

by Fiona Underhill

Filmmaker Albert Shin has returned to Canada for his third feature film Disappearance at Clifton Hill, after making the acclaimed In Her Place (2014) in South Korea. He has assembled something of a who’s who of Canadian film-and-TV talent in supporting roles around British actress Tuppence Middleton in the central role of Abby. There is Hannah Gross as Abby’s sister Laure (probably best known for Mindhunter and for being the daughter of Canadian royalty Paul Gross – Benton Fraser from Due South), Noah Reid as her mustachioed husband Marcus (Patrick from Schitt’s Creek) and even David freakin Cronenberg as local conspiracy theorizing podcaster Walter. Abby witnessed a child kidnapping as a young girl, but always struggled to get anyone to believe her. The story raises its head again when she returns to her hometown of Niagara Falls (on the Canadian side) as an adult. She again sets about trying to persuade her sister and the cops, including Singh (Andy McQueen) that it really happened, but she now has a reputation as being somewhat unreliable and potentially even being a compulsive liar.