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Film · 2014

Marshland

La isla mínima

In 1980, during Spain's uneasy transition to democracy, two ideologically opposed homicide detectives from Madrid travel to a remote town in the Guadalquivir marshes to investigate the brutal disappearance and murder of two teenage sisters. As they navigate a tight-lipped community steeped in fear and secrecy, they must unravel the crimes while confronting the unhealed wounds of the country's recent authoritarian past.

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  • Alberto Rodriguez did a very good job, this film is truly **incredible**, with an ingenious and exciting direction, super **intriguing** and **intense**, a great **screenplay** with an **effective**, shocking and dynamic ending... All with two actors who are overflowing in every way (Javier Gutiérrez, who finally shows his talent in a film instead of making series with two bullets... And a Raul Arévalo who gives us his best performance).
    JaviFou08 on SensCritique
  • This plot, which ultimately does not contain anything very original, is a success in its mastery of construction, its rhythm, multiple details and tracks and offers a dense and solid scenario, suitable for wandering us, (and sometimes getting lost...) a bit like these shots, very photographic, seen from the sky on the swamps and other roads which can recall the complexity of the human brain and thus the complexity of their investigation.
    limma on SensCritique
  • A sublime image, landscapes of breathtaking beauty revealed, or should I say unfolded, by drones whose almost divine point of view we can only envy. Colors that delight the eye, perhaps not to the point of Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, but almost. Beyond that, a camera which always offers an interesting perspective or framing, which breaks the monotony of a scenario that is quite classic.
    Lila Gaius on SensCritique

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