Disappearance

Globetrotting Norwegian photojournalist Roos (Rifka Lodeizen) makes her annual visit home to find that, on the surface at least, little has changed. Her mother, Louise (Elsie de Brauw), a celebrated former concert pianist, remains as cold and remote as the wintry alpine landscape she inhabits, while Roos' precocious 13-year-old half-brother, Bengt (Marcus Hanssen), continues to conduct his experiments with sound recording and mixing. Inside Roos, however, a dramatic transformation has transpired, one that urgently demands she reconcile with Louise, no matter how painful the process. (Toronto International Film Festival)