Movielogr
Marshland (2014)
Directed by Alberto Rodríguez
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The Spanish deep South, 1980. A series of brutal murders of adolescent girls in a remote and forgotten town bring together two disparate characters - both detectives in the homicide division - to investigate the cases. With deep divisions in their ideology, detectives Juan and Pedro must put aside their differences if they are to successfully hunt down a killer who for years has terrorized a community in the shadow of a general disregard for women rooted in a misogynistic past.
Length 105 minutes
Actors
Raúl Arévalo | Javier Gutiérrez | Antonio de la Torre | Nerea Barros | Salva Reina | Jesús Castro | Manolo Solo | Juan Carlos Villanueva | Jesús Carroza | Adelfa Calvo | Ana Tomeno | Ángela Vega | Cecilia Villanueva | Mercedes León | Jesús Ortiz | Lucía Arias
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20/2016 | TV | DVD | Rented | 8 stars |
| (Average) 8 stars |
Viewing Notes
Despite a few threads left dangling this was a pretty good crime thriller steeped in political history. In tone and style it reminded me of the RED RIDING series, which also played out against a political history. In MARSHLANDS, the recent demise of Franco and the downfall of the fascist political regime he ran is a shadowy secondary character that infuses everything with alternate motives and murky history.
It’s a well-shot movie too, particularly the striking aerial photography that serves as a mechanism to distance the viewer from the events below. One almost feels as if they’re observing a painting at those moments, which makes the viewer aware that they’re viewing these events from afar, both literally in the act of watching itself, and in the sense of history.
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