The Silence of the Marsh

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.[1] 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.[2] The film originally premiered at the 2019 Seville European Film Festival. It was theatrically released in Spain on 1 January 2020.[3] The Silence of the Marsh was made available for streaming on Netflix on 22 April 2020 and opened to mixed reviews from critics.[4][5]

The Silence of the Marsh
Film poster
SpanishEl Silencio del pantano
Directed byMarc Vigil
Written byCarlos de Pando
Sara Autuña
Based onEl Silencio del pantano
by Juanjo Braulio
Produced byIñaki Juaristi
Antonio Asensio
StarringPedro Alonso
Àlex Monner
Raúl Prieto
Music byZeltia Montes
Production
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RTVE
TV3
Zeta Cinema
Distributed byNetflix
Release dates
  • 15 November 2019 (2019-11-15) (SEFF)
  • 1 January 2020 (2020-01-01) (Spain)
Running time
92 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

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Production

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The principal photography of the film was held for a period of seven weeks and the portions of the film were mostly filmed across Valencia.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Geisinger, Gabriella (2020-04-22). "The Silence of the Marsh, starring Money Heist's Pedro Alonso, ending explained". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  2. ^ "Stream It Or Skip It: 'The Silence of the Marsh' on Netflix, a Spanish Thriller About a Crime Author Who Also Commits Crimes". Decider. 2020-04-23. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  3. ^ "Carmina Barrios, en 'El hormiguero': "Empecé a fumar con siete años. Recogía colillas de las paradas de autobús"". 20minutos.es. 8 January 2020.
  4. ^ Sunder, Gautam (2020-04-24). "Netflix new releases: 'Mrs. Serial Killer', 'Coronavirus, Explained', 'The Last Dance' and more". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  5. ^ "The Silence of the Marsh review: A tense but disappointingly ambiguous thriller". Cinema Express. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  6. ^ Sharma, Dhruv (2020-04-22). "Where Was The Silence of the Marsh Filmed? Netflix Filming Locations". The Cinemaholic. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
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