La jauría
2020
Original language: Spanish
- drama
- crime
The story
Blanca, student leader of the feminist movement in an occupied school, goes missing: hours later, a video of a group raping the girl goes viral. In their aim to find her, a police squad formed by three women puts their lives and that of their families at risk. As they look for Blanca and investigate, they will find out that behind this gender crime there is much more than just one offender.
What it’s like
Cold, muted Santiago streets under overcast skies, with interiors lit by harsh fluorescents and dim domestic lamps, give this Chilean crime series a washed-out, uneasy surface. Camera work stays close and restless, with handheld intimacy in police corridors and tight framings on faces, and the score is sparse, mostly low pulses and held silences that build dread rather than release it. The vibe is bleak, tense and grimly procedural, best watched in a focused stretch rather than as background. Pacing is steady and escalating, moving between the investigation and the lives of the women officers, whose arcs follow their growing exposure to risk and the cost of pursuing the case into their own families. Intensity is high: the central crime of sexual violence is depicted and its aftermath is discussed in harrowing detail, with threats, violence, and sustained fear throughout, though the gore is restrained. This is not gentle viewing. It suits viewers who want a serious, socially direct thriller about gender violence and institutional pressure, and who can sit with difficult material without needing relief.
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