Loosely inspired by the tragedy of January 2, 1921, in which the ship Santa Isabel sank near the Galician island of Sálvora, with 260 passengers on board, the film aims to clear the memory of three local women, who put to sea to rescue the shipwrecked, rescuing fifty survivors.
Unfortunately, someone looted the corpses, depriving them of valuables, raising suspicions about Sálvora's heroines and their motivations.
From this truthful basis, an argument was constructed that speculates a complex web of intrigues and interests, involving the island's powerful people and absolving the heroines of the accusations raised. But the intrigue seems far-fetched and unlikely. The resurrection of ghosts from ancient times, of coastal piracy.
What remains of the film is the heavy and claustrophobic environment of the Galician islands, already explored in other films, and which actually has something magical about it, so close and simultaneously so far away that those inhospitable lands are from the mainland, due to the bad weather and the scarcity of resources. The isolation is atrocious, causing terrible psychological tension in its rude inhabitants.
Highlight is the performance by Nerea Barros, who lends her beauty to an angry and animalistic character, typical of a wild islander, tired of being exploited and incapable of expressing repressed feelings or desires.
An interesting work, as a psychological drama, but which fails in following a weak detective story.
Unfortunately, someone looted the corpses, depriving them of valuables, raising suspicions about Sálvora's heroines and their motivations.
From this truthful basis, an argument was constructed that speculates a complex web of intrigues and interests, involving the island's powerful people and absolving the heroines of the accusations raised. But the intrigue seems far-fetched and unlikely. The resurrection of ghosts from ancient times, of coastal piracy.
What remains of the film is the heavy and claustrophobic environment of the Galician islands, already explored in other films, and which actually has something magical about it, so close and simultaneously so far away that those inhospitable lands are from the mainland, due to the bad weather and the scarcity of resources. The isolation is atrocious, causing terrible psychological tension in its rude inhabitants.
Highlight is the performance by Nerea Barros, who lends her beauty to an angry and animalistic character, typical of a wild islander, tired of being exploited and incapable of expressing repressed feelings or desires.
An interesting work, as a psychological drama, but which fails in following a weak detective story.