A successful, cold-blooded crime novelist gets involved in a kidnapping case while uncovering the corrupt ties between politicians and the local mafia in Valencia, Spain.
The Silence of the Marsh 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.