Marshland

High tension in Alberto Rodriguez’s noir film, as two outsider cops uncover some sordid truths in the Andalucian wetlands. The director paid homage to his native Seville whilst producing a fine urban thriller. Now he does the same for rural Spain, moving an hour south to the marshlands of Andalucía. Marshland is noirishly tense on different levels, its tight focus on character, its realism, it’s sense of place and its social critique adding up to a grippingly intense whole — and that’s not to mention it’s satisfyingly twisting plotline.