The secrets that we hideA series of six episodes recently released by Netflix explores in the same style of several of the recent successes on the platform. Something, which includes short chapters, the plot, focused on the darkness of human relations and, in the end, morality, is not too obvious. But also, production mixes classic unknown with sharp social criticism. At a time when stories that deepen – and not always forever – they have become especially popular, the series manages to have its place and personality. What, although they share random The point of view s Teenager As well as with White lotus HBO.
However, before becoming a dark melodrama or only typical Eat the richThe series goes beyond the superficial game. His premise seems more dense, intimate and with the darkness that is not afraid to become uncomfortable. In just three hours of common frames, history manages to tell a difficult story without spending anything. But, in addition, to reflect on privileges, abuse and domestic violence from an honest point of view, which, Sometimes it hurts and even moves.
Located in the exclusive area of Copenhagen, the plot follows Cecili (Marie Bach Hansen), a woman with ordered life and peaceful appearance. But everything falls apart when Ruby (Donna Levkovsky), Au pair From a neighboring family, he disappears in a sharp and embarrassing way. Strange: a young woman leaves behind the main things that no one who plans to run would have forgotten. No less details that become for Cecili and obsession. But much more, at the starting point that will lead you to the investigation – and, finally, will find – For real culprits in a criminal case that no one wants to believe, this is real.
A difficult case in the “secrets that we hide”
In the absence of official answers, she begins a desperate search, finding unexpected cooperation in Aikha (Sarah Fanta C). Together they enter the frame of lies, shutters and hidden tension between the classes. What, in the visible, was an ideal community, soon reveals deep cracks. A historical approach is not only a secret, but also the path to That suspicions are subjected to gratitude when the social hierarchy is put on the map.
In this universe, where everyone knows each other, trust is a fragile illusion. Something more than obvious in Rasmus (Lars Ran) and Katarina (Danika Churchich), the owners of Ruby, who soon prove that there are many to hide. He, an influential businessman; She, a beautiful woman on the surface, but with gestures that bother. Her connection with Cecili and her husband Mike (Simon Sirs),The lawyer of the first, only scares the knot of possible causes and complexity.
To the other extreme, Oscar (Frode Bilde Ruxholt), the son -teenage son, adds another level to secret. His connection with Ruby is not entirely clear, but strange enough to attract attention. He is a drawn young man, with unstable behavior, which involves something dark, possibly painful. Viggo (Lucas Zuperka), his friend and Cecili time, completes the mystery of fragile friendly relations. The series shows how physical proximity does not imply intimacy, as well as relations and Adults are often reflected, often distorted in connection between their children.
Finally, the nanny of Angel (Excel Busano) Cecili is also entering the stage as a figure that repeats the vulnerability scheme. As Ruby, this comes from the Philippines, and his legal situation depends on employment. There is something anxious in how these women are considered as part of luxurious furniture and much worse, Deguumanized to cruel extremes. Then it is directly dangerous.
Complex crime to solve
From the first minutes, The secrets that we hide This does not hide your intention to worry. In the narrative there is constant tension between what is said, and what is hidden, social phenomena and truth that underlies all of the above. It is not surprising that it solves such complex problems as the force used by adults About young people or micro -violence that hide in the houses of elite.
Comparisons s Teenager They are not free: both episodes share this sensitivity to explosion in a taboo with a serious look. And yet The secrets that we hide He does this without getting into a brochure or a light melodrama. The same applies to similarity with White lotusIN Although here the satire gives way to a more damp and less playful tone.
Most of the argument is the study of the patient how the secrets are petrified in everyday life. This is not only what happened to Ruby (not only), but also that her disappearance reveals to everyone around him. Each gesture, every reaction, serves to draw a social portrait, where Power is not always expressed forcibly, but with omissions.
Therefore, the end – the content, powerful and melancholy – has a greater weight than many, a simpler conclusion. Compared to other productions of the year, he feels more valuable, more honest in his goal. You may not have an effect effect TeenagerButHe has a more resonant emotional conclusion. Sometimes silence leaves more than any explanation.
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