Marketed as the Spanish TRUE DETECTIVE, MARSHLAND is not quite as disturbing, but it has a unique setting in a rural Spain torn between its fascist past and democratic present. Rural Spain, 1980 - Two detectives - democratic "troublemaker" Pedro (Raúl Arévalo, DARK BLUE ALMOST BLACK) and cynical Juan (Javier Gutiérrez) are called to the countryside to investigate the mysterious disappearance of two teenage sisters of "easy virtue" after they were seen getting into a white Citroen. When their bodies are discovered in the marsh sexually violated and mutilated, suspects include the visiting harvest and fair workers as well as the girls' father (Antonio de la Torre, CANNIBAL) until drunk Miguel (Jesús Carroza) reveals that there have been similar murders before in 1977, 1978, and his own girlfriend just before the latest two (although her death was ruled a suicide based on the severed foot that was the only thing left of her). Looking into the cases and the troublesome past of the town - in which the military still maintain a strong fascist presence and support for Franco still exists even though he has been dead for five years - the detectives discover a link between the victims and handsome Quini (Jesús Castro, EL NINO) who comes from a well-to-do family and dated all of the missing girls. When they discover that Quini takes his women to assignations at a vacant hunting lodge in the company of wealthy Don Alfonso (Alberto González, SUMMER RAIN), they run into opposition in their investigation and are criticized for their forceful approach by the local officials who hypocritically remind them that this is now a democratic state; but the detectives have an idea of who may be the next victim.