The plot is dense and complex, and the clues to the crimes permeate Amaia’s family environment, involving the rigid and rough sister Flora (Elvira Minguez), the suffering middle sister Rosaura (Patricia Lopez), brothers-in-law Freddy (Mikel Losada) and Victor (Quique Gago), besides the sweet aunt Engrasi (Itziar Aizpuru). While dealing with the investigation of the murders, Amaia also has to manage the family relationship, since her own personal history contains a horrible tragedy linked to her mother, a fact that had never been totally solved. In fact, another murder occurs soon after, with another teenager and with the same morbid ritual of presenting the body.By a distortion of the press, the criminal is dubbed basajaun, who is a mysterious being of Basque mythology, a mixture of Bigfoot with brazilian Curupira, and who would be a protector of the forest. As the characteristics were very similar, the police soon concluded that it was a serial killer, and that other people were in danger. Upon arriving, Amaia discovers that a similar crime had occurred a month before, and the blame was attributed to the boyfriend of the victim. The inspector was originally from the town of Elizondo, where the crime had occurred, but she had left the city a long time before, and had never returned. This is the situation where Amaia Salazar (Marta Etura), the inspector for the homicide section of the spanish police, is in charge of investigating the case. The victim, a teenager, is found in the forest, on the bank of the river, naked, with shaven pubis, with hands imitating the images of Mother Mary, and with a common candy in the region deposited on the sex. In a remote and mountainous region of northeastern Spain, in the valley dominated by the river Baztan, the body of a young woman murdered is found. “The Invisible Guardian” is a police story of the sub-genre serial killer, but with touches of fantasy and a freshness of novelty, showing a part little known of Spain, the Basque Country, with its own culture and traditions, that make the book and the film very interesting. This is the case of “The Invisible Guardian” (“El guardián invisible”, ESP / ALE, 2017), based on the book of the same name by Dolores Redondo. I always have the answer by heart: to make a good movie, more important than spending millions on special effects is to have a good story, good script, good direction and good acting. I am often asked by my readers about why one movie succeeds and another does not.
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