At the 57th edition of the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival, THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO presented ‘Quiet’, an 8-part thriller co-produced with 3Cat for release on TV3 and the 3Cat platform. The series – set in a Barcelona under lockdown and based on a true story – follows the police investigation of a serial killer choosing society’s most vulnerable as his victims: the homeless.
The series – created by Lluís Arcarazo – had its international presentation on Monday, October 7 together with stars David Verdaguer and Ángela Cervantes. Joining them were fellow cast members Alex Brendemühl, Roger Guitart and Victoria Kantch, and director Marta Pahissa. Also in attendance were executive producers for THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO, Javier Méndez and Lluís Arcarazo, who is also the main scriptwriter of all episodes, as well as Oriol Sala-Patau, executive producer for 3Cat.
David Verdaguer (winner of two Goya awards for Jokes & Cigarettes and Summer 1993) and Ángela Cervantes (twice nominated for a Goya award for La Maternal and Chavalas), are the stars of this series, shot in various parts of the city of Barcelona. The lineup also features Àlex Brendemühl (a Goya nominee for Creatura) and Melina Matthews (Iron Reign) as well as young actors Roger Guitart and Victoria Kantch. Marta Pahissa (Rapa, Ser o no ser) directs all episodes. The series is an original idea of Lluís Arcarazo (Salvador, Nit i dia), who is also the main scriptwriter of each episode along with co-writers Guillermo Cisneros and María Jaén.
Based on a true story, the plot of Quiet’ unfolds in late April of 2020, in the grip of the COVID-19 lockdown. The authorities arrest a man accused of murdering various homeless people, one after another, on the streets of Barcelona. The murders all follow the same modus operandi: all taking place while the victims are asleep and all involving extreme brutality. With this as the context, and against the backdrop of a desolate and locked down city, Arcarazo explores the idea of ‘mal’, which in Spanish can have meanings including both ‘evil’ and ‘a sickness’, such as a virus, that infects its victims. The homicide agents in charge of the investigation, those closest to them, and those who are forced to live on the streets of Barcelona with no way to flee any evil they encounter are the story’s main characters.
Made with the support of ICEC (Catalan Institute of Cultural Enterprises).
