On Monday night, in prime time, TV3 broadcast the first episode of the series Delta Aquaterra. One of the protagonists, the captain of a cruise ship along the mouth of the Ebro, rudely tells a journalist: "Only come down when you smell our shit!" And the journalist remains silent, aware that the blunder is not without reason. The fiction is set in the Baix Ebre and, as a twist of fate, the premiere coincided with the fires in the interior of the same region. The coincidence implied a certain irony. The Terres de l'Ebre have always lamented feeling forgotten by institutions and the media and have been criticizing for years a news bias that focuses more on the north than the south of the country. The day TV3 took the prime time one thriller Taking place in this area of marshes and marinas, reality demanded a different kind of on-the-ground television presence. A media paradox that, in critical moments like a large-scale fire that forces the population into confinement, provokes tension and unrest.
Delta Aquaterra It is a series that adjusts without artifice to the most traditional keys of the thriller A detective story. Even the script itself refers to the disappearance of Bianca, an environmentalist, as a typical case in crime series. It seems to be inspired by the tone and aesthetics of the film. The minimal island By Alberto Rodríguez. The first drone-view image of the mouth of the Delta is a resource that has already become a classic of this genre. It hides. The territory, therefore, is another character in the story. The geographical characteristics of the area also determine the personalities of the protagonists. Economic activities that are unique to it. And all of this enriches the story, because it fills it with nuances and details that provide authenticity. More informative reality than ever. On Monday night, the screen showed the territory, but at the same time, its real landscape was hidden by the fires. The daughter of one of the suspects in the girl's disappearance, appealing to this idea of community.
