It debuted on Netflix The city of Shadowsnew crime thriller series already defined by the “perfect” press and capable of capturing the viewer from the first minutes. Who appreciated it The Gardener you cannot help but be overwhelmed by this story, despite the differences between the two products: if the first mixed psychological thriller and drama in a crescendo of tension and mystery, The city of Shadows leads us into the dark side of a great contemporary metropolis, anonymous but strangely familiar, where power is exercised away from the eyes of the public and the truth always has a price.
At the center of the story is Luca Ferretti, a former police investigator marked by an unsolved case that took away everything that mattered. For years he lives on the margins, as a private consultant, avoiding involvement and trying to bury the past. But when a series of suspicious deaths crosses several neighborhoods, Luca understands that someone is reopening wounds that the city had chosen to forget. Each clue leads to new questions, and each answer opens up further mysteries: the plot evolves like a dead-end urban labyrinth.
At his side will be Sara Rinaldi, a young crime journalist, determined and obstinate, incapable of accepting the official version of events. His investigations reveal a network underground made up of threats, favors and secret agreements involving entrepreneurs, law enforcement and politics. The closer it gets to the truth, the more the city seems to react, alive and hostile, like an organism defending itself.
City of Shadows: the crime thriller that transforms Netflix into an urban cinema
The city of Shadowsa Spanish series consisting of six episodes, entered Netflix on December 12th and, despite a discreet launch, has already won over critics and the public. It has reached 100% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes in the first professional evaluations, an unusual result that testifies to its sensational potential.
In the heart of serious there is District 9, a neighborhood forgotten by the institutions, erased from official maps but pulsating with life, danger and secrets. This is where riots arise, this is where witnesses hide, this is where “shadows” grow longer. It is the place where past and present intertwine and where the plot seems to have its centrality.
Between unstable alliances and silent betrayals, the series tells of complex characters, never completely good or bad, each engaged in their own battle: survive, emerge, atone for or erase a fault The direction alternates moments of pure tension with intimate and suspended sequences, in which the city becomes the protagonist: the locations and settings give an original intensity to the story.
The aesthetic is dark and realistic, and the pace increases episode after episodeto the point of revealing a truth that no one is ready to face. Because in this city the real danger is not finding out what happened… but understanding who decided that it should never come to light. Not just a crime story, of tension, but a different way to evoke secrets and intense emotions that the viewer does not expect to feel.
