A Sergeant of the Civil Guard and his subordinate are tasked to reopen the inquiry on the death of a young man in a Canary Island. The last person who saw him alive, a corporal of the Civil Guard, will help them to clarify the case. A well-known politician is the main suspect. This investigation is hidden behind the mist of an island that covers terrible secrets of its inhabitants.
Cinematography
Tenerife's volcanic forests look illegally gorgeous
Acting
Verónica Echegui serves morally gray chaos
Production
The mist is basically its own character
Director
Andrés M. Koppel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Guardia Civil's contested legacy in Spain—once Franco's enforcers, now regular police—adds unspoken tension to every uniformed interaction.
Based on Lorenzo Silva's novel 'La niebla y la doncella'; the title's wordplay on 'mist' and 'maiden' barely translates.
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