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Spanish | El silencio de la ciudad blanca |
Directed by | Daniel Calparsoro |
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Based on | the novel by Eva García Sáenz de Urturi |
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Cinematography | Josu Inchaustegui |
Edited by | Antonio Frutos |
Music by | Fernando Velázquez |
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Distributed by | DeAPlaneta |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | Spain |
Language | Spanish |
Twin Murders: The Silence of the White City (Spanish: El silencio de la ciudad blanca) is a 2019 Spanish action adventure psychological mystery crime-thriller film directed by Daniel Calparsoro from a screenplay by Alfred Pérez Fargas and Roger Danés based on a novel by Eva García Sáenz de Urturi. It stars Belén Rueda, Javier Rey, and Aura Garrido.
A detective returns to Vitoria-Gasteiz to solve murders mimicking those allegedly committed by a mass serial killer who is set to be released from prison after spending his time in jail for 20 years.[2]
The film is an Atresmedia Cine, Rodar y Rodar, Silencio Ciudad Blanca AIE and Hugo P27 production and it had the participation of Atresmedia, Movistar+, EiTB, and Netflix.[3][4] The film was shot and set in the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz.[5] The film also features an old cathedral of Santa María which was founded in 1180.[6] The film story also resembles the one in the 1991 American film The Silence of the Lambs directed by Jonathan Demme as well as 2006 American film The Da Vinci Code directed by Ron Howard.[7][8]
Distributed by DeAPlaneta,[3] the film was released theatrically in Spain on 25 October 2019.[9] It was made available on Netflix on 6 March 2020 and opened to mixed reviews from the critics.[10][11][12]