So, too, does the paranoia and mistrust that builds among the residents. Still, conflict and secrecy tend to throw wrenches in their ability to unite. Their positions put Elena, Paco, and Vergara on the front lines of the sinister forces descending upon the village. Father Vergara is a recent transplant to the area, and his prickly closed-off demeanor only fuels the friction when things start getting weird fast. There’s a clear attraction and strong bond between Elena and Paco, which proves a bit of a problem for his wife, Merche ( Macarena Gómez). Centering the overarching mysteries from a rural town perspective isn’t just an ingenious way to drive the mystery forward and use its residents as an audience proxy, it builds increasingly complicated character dynamics that make 30 Coins such a compelling show.Įlena is beloved as the town veterinarian, but she’s also a significant gossip source for the townies between her husband’s disappearance two years ago and her relationship with Paco. It’s an action-heavy tease of the larger conspiracy before the series slows down to focus on the dynamics within the small village at the heart of the narrative. He retrieves an item, brings it to a mysterious clergyman waiting in a car, then succumbs to injuries. Writer/Director de la Iglesia, co-writing with Jorge Guerricaechevarría, kicks off 30 Coins with a shocking sequence in which a man walks into a high-end bank with guns blazing, shooting his way to a vault. They’ll have to team up to fight the forces of Hell and the covert religious organization aiming to collect all 30 coins. They discover that one of Judas’ 30 pieces of silver paid for Jesus’s betrayal is at the center of it all. Along with Vergara, Mayor Paco ( Miguel Ángel Silvestre) and local vet Elena ( Megan Montaner) seek answers. Ouija boards come with added dangers, and reality distorts with increasing frequency. Villagers hear voices and turn to aggression. He uses his new post as a means of repressing his past, but that proves tricky when the town becomes under siege by a series of increasingly bizarre events. Through de la Iglesia’s vision, a classic demonic tale of potential Vatican corruption instead becomes something far headier and more compelling based on the first seven episodes screened for review.ģ0 Coins follows Father Vergara ( Eduard Fernández), an ex-convict, boxer, and exorcist exiled by the church to be the priest for a remote village in Spain after an exorcism gone wrong. The acclaimed horror filmmaker now turns his focus on television, spinning an eight-episode series that catapults an unlikely team into a dark, foreboding conspiracy that fuels a biblical battle of good versus evil. All of which are on full display in cult hits The Day of the Beast, Witching and Bitching, The Last Circus, and more. Álex de la Iglesia is a filmmaker with a reputation for insanely dark humor, stark violence, and an impressive ability to blend genres.
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