It is not easy to surprise the modern viewer - not every drama achieves tears from the beholder, out of ten thrillers only one makes you clutch in a chair, and the series production has practically ceased to drag out. And yet, filmmakers and television people do not give up hope of capturing the attention of the target audience - no, no, and a series will appear, forcing to quiet down, freeze, startle. Such a project is the series “Bronze Garden”. He received most praise from the audience, the official IMDb rating of 8.10 also confirms his viability. Many critics are inclined to consider the brainchild of the creative tandem of directors Pablo Fendrick and Hernan A. Gulfrid not as a series in his usual sense. They position the eight-part television film as a harmonious, frightening, eventful, felt and thought-out creation.
Main intrigue
Most of the reviewers, leaving comments on the series “Bronze Garden”, focus on the similarity of the atmosphere of the product of the joint production of the USA and Argentina with the measured atmosphere of Scandinavian television series like “Bridge” and “Girls with the Dragon Tattoo”.
“Bronze Garden”, in the first place, is a detective story, with a well thought out plot, with a harmoniously stretched range of several years. The secrets of generations, skeletons in a closet, unsolved atrocities, frightening secrets and all this against the background of the tragedy of an ordinary family - inexplicable circumstances of the loss of a child. The script and the main intrigue, according to reviews of the TV series "Bronze Garden", is one of the advantages of the project.
The family life of Fabian and Lila Danubio is far from ideal. Recently, the couple has been arguing more and more. During one of the scenes, their four-year-old daughter is lost, the girl is immediately found. But since then, she has an invisible friend. After the situation is even more complicated. Having gone with a nanny for a holiday, the child disappears without a trace in the metro of Buenos Aires. The mother closes herself, and the father, having enlisted the support of a detective, does not stop searching.
Cast
The cast ensemble of the series includes performers little known in the USA, although in Argentina they are quite popular. In general, the demonstrated skill of the actors is impressive. Everything was played even somewhat casually, without boiling passions, pathos, heroic poses, which is frightening and even more alarming, given the unfolding events.
Actor Joaquin Furriel, who played the main male role, plays excellently. After all, to convince the viewer of the reality of your character, it is not enough just to memorize the words and put on a suitable suit. The performer needs to get used to the image of his hero, understand him and feel from the inside. In this regard, Joaquin demonstrated high professionalism and deep dramatic talent.
No less charismatic character made the detective Raul Mandragon actor Daniel Fanego.
Along with the development of the storyline, the behavior of the central characters changes - so much so that the audience really recognizes them only closer to the final 8 episode of the series “Bronze Garden”. Reviews, restraining themselves from spoilers, promise viewers a big surprise.
Criticism
Of the shortcomings indicated in the reviews for the TV series “Bronze Garden”, comments are predominant about the overly leisurely ties stretched to the first two episodes. All events and assumptions that have arisen after do not develop. But from the moment when a private detective appears as a partner, the situation is heating up significantly. The circumstances are complicated by the fact that the couple is increasingly moving away from each other and the protagonist has a romantic relationship with one of the female police officers. But this story also does not receive development and any completion. After the official closure of the case, the most interesting thing begins at all with the corrupt police (an ambiguous storyline). According to reviews, in the 7th episode of the Bronze Garden series, events develop at lightning speed, which is accompanied by a sharp change in locations and even colors. The narrative is transferred to the Argentinean outback, the landscapes of which are unusually beautiful and frightening at the same time.
Conclusion
The advantages of the project, praised in every possible way in the reviews of the TV series “Bronze Garden”, include: competent timing, unique Latin American locations, a demonstration of the corruption of the law enforcement system and other criminal realities, lively character characters that cause sympathy for the heroes.
It would be nothing unusual, but the series is addictive, and while watching the last episodes you understand that the provincial outback and the countryside are the ideal setting for a thriller.