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The Silence of the Marsh (2019)

The Silence of the Marsh poster
Original title
El silencio del pantano
Directed by
Marc Vigil
Genre
adventure film, thriller film
Country
Spain
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
16
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 239 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A journalist turned crime novelist secretly commits crimes to get material for his books. The story follows his double life and the moral line he crosses.

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What happens

The Silence of the Marsh (Spanish: El Silencio del pantano, also known as The Swamp's Silence) is a 2019 Spanish mystery thriller web film directed by Marc Vigil. The film stars Pedro Alonso, Àlex Monner and Carmina Barrios in the lead roles. The plot of the film is based on a Juanjo Braulio novel of the same name and the story revolves around a journalist-turned-crime-novelist who also commits crime. The film originally premiered at the 2019 Seville European Film Festival. It was theatrically released in Spain on 1 January 2020. The Silence of the Marsh was made available for streaming on Netflix on 22 April 2020 and opened to mixed reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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