Netflix’s new thriller ‘El silencio’ has slipped directly into second place in Netflix’s TOP 10 with more than 35 million hours viewed in its first week of release. The series is among the ten most watched fictions in 70 countries, including the United States. It’s easy to get hooked on addictive plot posed by Aitor Gabilondo in this work and it is normal that at the end of it questions arise about the ending. In the interview to present ‘El silencio’, he We asked both the creator and the protagonists Arón Piper, Almudena Amor, Manu Ríos and Cristina Kovani about the closure of the series. From now on you will find spoilers If you haven’t seen the full series.
This thriller addresses the crime committed by a minor that ends the life of his parents. The plot places us six years after the event when Sergio (Arón Piper) is released from prison willing to reintegrate into society, but the perception that society has of him will mark his life hereinafter. The psychiatrist Ana Dussuell (Almudena Amor) directs a study on the murderer that includes a 24-hour surveillance device. Released, she resumes contact with Marta (Cristina Kovani), an admirer with whom he had a relationship in prison and for whom this relationship will bring him many problems, especially with her boyfriend Eneko (Manu Ríos). The end of the series almost repeats the start and at least one body is seen falling from the balcony from which Sergio threw his parents. Before the end, Sergio and the psychiatrist Ana Dussuel were in the house, who has ended up revealing the dependent toxic relationship with the one who is the object of her study. The image of the fall is blurry and it is not really clear who falls or if only a body falls.
one key of the series, in which both the creator and the protagonists coincide, is to play with ambiguity. “It’s one of the things I like the most about the series, that there is no obvious good“, explains Almudena Amor. And her co-stars agree. For Cristina Kovani, who plays Marta, it is important “that a type of person is not defined as bad.” And Manu Ríos points out that it is not that the series has no endit is not that case, but there are different endings that fit together and the public can choose which one they prefer: “It leads to reflection,” he adds.
Love also takes you to a comparison with real life “in which many times we do not know the end of everything”. “Things are happening and you are creating your perception and your idea of them and I think it is very curious how the public is also going to change their perception of the characters,” she says. To finish, he points out that “the ending is going to give rise to a lot of conversation” and in that, of course, he is not wrong. Within the cast, they have also had to talk and during the interview, laughing, they assure that there are many different theories.
Aitor Gabilondo is the creator and gives the definitive explanation of why he considers that the series has “the right ending to this story”. “We didn’t want a strong ending that would kill the ambiguity that we’ve been working on the whole series,” he explains. “We wanted her to maintain that duality, you don’t know if she’s the one who falls, if it’s him, if it’s both or if first it’s one and then the other, you don’t know anything about this.” Also, the protagonist Aron Piper points out that “it allows you to kill or save the character you want”. Of course, Gabilondo makes one thing clear in case someone asks him: “There will be no second season”.
