Mord in der Lagune

There is no story behind the almost two hours of footage, Everything is overloaded with imposed conflicts between most of the characters (outlined with a broad brush, without nuances), between the town and the city, modernity and tradition, between the law and custom etc. With a hero without a cause (his decisions are not understood) and without time, since the film seems to take place at least half a century ago, without any contact with technology (you don't even see mobile phones), or, worse still, as if We were in the Wild West.

And almost nothing runs naturally, especially the presumably dramatic moments, which leave you rather cold, as if they were oblivious to the characters themselves, light years away from the viewer, with a particularly unfortunate sequence, a monologue by Paz Vega that is not even remotely provokes the intended effects, rather indifference.

In short, a failed film, no matter how much it arouses some interest at first, very far from all the films that he consciously or unconsciously drinks from, from "Only in the Face of Danger" (there is an express reference to Gary Cooper), to " Dogs of straw", going through the excellent thriller also starring Raúl Arévalo, "The minimal island", or the also remarkable "Tarde para la Ira", in this case directed by the actor himself.