5 years ago, the Spanish movie "The Invisible Guest" exploded on the Internet and its reputation exploded.
The next year, it was introduced to the mainland and released, and the score is still 8.8 points, which is very rare.
On April 30, the original "Invisible Guest" new work "The Best of Innocence" was launched on Netflix.
The director is "Reverse King" Oriol Paul, and the male one is Mario Casas.
Friendship reminds you, watch such a drama, do not guess who is the murderer, do not guess the plot, and do not think about predicting the fate of the protagonist.
Because the next episode will be punched in the face right away, it hurts very much...
The Best of Innocence
The Innocent (2021)
Douban score: 9.2
The story begins with a school party many years ago.
The male protagonist, Matt, is an ordinary college student, and in the process of persuasion, he accidentally leads to the death of his classmate Danny.
Matt was jailed for 4 years for this.
Fortunately, fate did not abandon Matt, and while he was out serving his sentence, he met a girl named Olivia.
The two fell in love at first sight and talked happily.
After being released from prison, Matt found a stable job with the help of his brother, and happened to meet Olivia, who also worked here.
The two rekindled their old love, entered the marriage hall, and soon had their own children, ready to change to a big house.
It is said that this kind of plot progresses quickly and is also very prosaic, but the first reversal comes.
The gentle and considerate wife Olivia is suspected of cheating.
One day, Olivia suddenly disappears, and Matt looks everywhere and finds nothing.
On the way, Matt receives an ambiguous short video from Olivia's phone.
The man who shot the video was wearing nothing while the wife lay half naked on the bed.
In order to find out what really happened, Matt hired a private investigator and began an investigation operation....
On the other side is the story of the female police officer Ortiz.
On this day, Ortiz received a report of a nun's suicide.
The deceased jumped from the upper floor, his face landed first, and the scene was very tragic...
But in the process of collecting evidence, Ortiz discovered that the nun did not commit suicide.
Before she could figure out how to deal with the case, the National Special Crimes Team intervened in the investigation, and the other side tried to hinder her investigation.
Obviously, there is a big article here, and this nun is no ordinary person.
Matt, Olivia, the mysterious man suspected of cheating on Olivia, Ortiz, and the nun who was persecuted to death are all shrouded in a huge net.
It seems to be unrelated, but in fact it hides earth-shattering secrets...
"The Best of Innocence" rated 9.2, and almost everyone who watched it knelt down to sing conquest, giving it a five-star high score.
The biggest reason is mainly that the story base is good. It is based on the best-selling novel of the same name, The Best of Innocence (published in 2006).
The author, Harlan Coben, is the first American writer to win the most authoritative international Edgar Allan Poe Award, the Shamath Award, and the Anthony Award, and the first American to be selected for the Book Oscars (The British Book of the Year Award).
His best writer of suspense novels was Dan Brown's Bole, author of The Da Vinci Code. Three U.S. presidents, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama, are all big fans of him.
"The Best of Innocence" is Harlan's best multiple narratives, a man who has been imprisoned for manslaughter and has a hard time getting the hope of a better life, but because of a mobile phone video, he is caught up in suspicion of his wife's infidelity; a police detective Ortiz who is investigating the mysterious death of a nun; and a girl who is looking for her lost birth mother.
Several seemingly unrelated narrative threads appear at the same time, which is really confusing.
As the plot unfolds, superficially unrelated veins begin to intersect and merge with each other, either explicitly or implicitly.
The first few episodes describe the protagonists' life experiences through a lot of details, how meticulous the front is laid, and how amazing the subsequent reversals are.
The exquisite structure of "The Best of Innocence", the attraction of suspense, and the rationality of laying the groundwork are all masters.
In the process of investigating his wife's cheating, Matt is forced to embark on a flight due to the sudden and mysterious death of "love enemy" Charlie.
From here, the tempo suddenly accelerates, the plot twists and turns, and the climaxes overlap.
After the truth is stripped away layer by layer, the truth comes out.
Rest assured, I won't spoil.
The title "Innocent" means "innocent, innocent".
So who exactly is the innocent? Matt who ever manslaughter? Or Olivia, who is suspected of cheating?
The protagonists in the play are not so innocent, and they all carry all kinds of secrets and stains.
Matt has been imprisoned for his negligence, Olivia has to be anonymized because of the murder, and her fate has always been tied to the dead nun.
Rationally, we can accept that the protagonists have to do something that is either emotional, or accidentally injured, or forced by the environment, but emotionally, we can't help but label them with various labels.
When you learn that a person is a criminal who has been "released from prison" or a woman who has lost her footing, will you treat him differently? Most people are afraid that they are still sad and even turn away from such people as "alien" and "evil".
Discrimination is everywhere, prejudice is everywhere, and the most difficult thing is the deep-rooted stereotype of people.
As for what the truth is, you won't know it all until the last minute. Now that all eight episodes have been released, let's go and watch it.
ps. again recommended another suspense film by director Oriol Paul, "Mirage", Douban 7.7 points, is too brain-burning.