Tony (James Nesbitt) is a man devastated by the kidnapping of his youngest son Oliver, during the family vacation in France. Unable to accept the possibility that the boy is dead, he spends years looking for him, which is why he ends up sacrificing his marriage to Emily (Frances O’Connor). Still in France, the now retired Detective Julien (Tcheky Karyo), who led the searches at the time, also cannot forget the case and believes that Oliver is still alive, and also traces a personal journey in search of the boy’s whereabouts.
“The Missing” centers on the psychological fallout and ensuing years-long manhunt resulting from the sudden disappearance of five-year-old Oliver Hughes while on holiday with his parents in France in 2006. A gripping dramatic thriller that goes inside the mind of a father, Tony Hughes, desperate to locate his lost son. With help from local police detective, Julien Baptiste, Tony embarks on an obsessive quest to find his son and those responsible for his disappearance. A gripping puzzle with twists and turns at every stage, Tony ’s exhaustive search fractures his relationship with his wife, Emily and threatens to destroy his life. Told through a delicate and complex narrative, “The Missing” unfolds over two time frames simultaneously.
