Desaparecidos

Browsing through the menu of the Amazon Prime catalog during an afternoon of this endless pandemic, the presence of the great Juan Echanove in the cast of this series encouraged me to give it a try. It has been worth it. Very pleasant surprise. I watched the first 6 chapters in a row, which has special merit considering that each of them follows the old commercial format of the almost 80-minute long series of Spanish free-to-air channels.

A dignified good show of police proceedings on the drama of the events related to the sudden disappearance of people and the emotional repercussions on the lives of their relatives. Focused on the members of a group of police officers specialized in clarifying it, together with the organizer of a non-governmental association that supports families of victims of this situation, as a secondary character supporting the plot throughout all the episodes of the season.

The evolution of the professional and personal dynamics of the characters of the police officials is well developed. The police plots are generally very well filmed and argumentatively resolved.

As usual, a magnificent Juan Echanove as the endearing, curmudgeon and shrewd veteran professional head of the police investigation department, along with Elvira Mínguez as the promoter of the NGO to support relatives of the disappeared, being herself the victim of a mysterious disappearance of her own son, center of a secondary subplot that is maintained and reappears sporadically throughout the episodes of the season. Very correct Maxi Iglesias and the actors playing the supporting roles of the Azhar and Sebas characters. Although in my opinion, the big revelation is the fascinating Michelle Clavó, as the inspector Sonia Ledesma.