In 2018 the author Eloy Moreno wrote Invisiblean emotional and moving novel told from the point of view of a child who is bullied at school and? he thinks he has managed to become invisiblewhich quickly became a bestseller and has already had more than 60 editions published around the world.
Now, Disney+ adapts this story in the form of six-episode miniseries directed by Paco Caballero and with Enric Seijo, Aura Garrido, Miki Esparbé, Diego Montejo, Izan Fernández or Liv Dobneramong others, in its leading cast. a story hard and sensitive that brings to the table a persistent problem in our society: bullying in schools and institutes, and that must be addressed and treated as soon as possible. We tell you what we thought Invisible.
From now on with SPOILERS.
Bullying is always there
The scriptwriters Virginia Yagüe, Jota Linares, Celia de Molina and Gonzalo Bendalahave been responsible for adapting the novel Invisible to the audiovisual format and they do it successfully by addressing such a complex reality with strength and precision. Bullying is always there, you just have to pay a little attention to see it, and it must stop being a taboo topic in our society and find effective solutions before it is too late.
So, Invisible shows us Capi’s suffering day after day to which the viewer attends with tremendous helplessness. How many situations like yours will occur day after day in Spain? The series shows us how the protagonist’s classmates, teachers and parents turn their backs on him and relativize his situation, or at least experience it in a completely different way. A lack of empathy and support against which the protagonist creates the idea that he has powers and has become invisible, that is why no one sees him or can help him. A terrible metaphor of how children develop tools to help themselves when they feel completely alone and trapped.
Fiction shows bullyingfrom the moment it is created and how it progresses and increases in intensity when the educational system and the environments of the bullied and the harasser do not intervene. It also humanizes the character of MM and shows how these bullies usually not born if not done for traumatic situations that they themselves lived before. The importance of addressing the problem quickly and effectively and not looking the other way is evident in this adaptation, which has already become indispensable for all audiences due to the importance of the topic it deals with.
A teenage and adult cast
One of the many successes of Invisible is that their young protagoniststeenagers are played, without this being something common, by actors adolescents between 12 and 15 years old which adds authenticity to the plot; teenagers who have just entered high school and are still playing sports, exchanging cards or talking about kissing a girl for the first time. However, this plus point in casting sometimes works against fiction, since the young age and experience of the performers is revealed in some of the most difficult sequences, which lose verisimilitude.
However, the young Enric Seijohe leaves his skin playing the protagonist Capia teenager who goes through situations that no child should experience. Honest, sensitive and mature, he gives us an interpretation full of nuances . That’s how he does it too Diego Montejogiving life to MM, the stalker of historya far from simple character that the actor fills with depth and humanity. They accompany them Izan Fernández and Liv Dobner as Zaro and Kiri the protagonist’s friends, also very professional and successful in their work.
On the other hand, in the adult cast, a splendid Aura Garrido that magnetically interprets the teacher who helps the protagonist with the strength that his dragon(to the one who gives a powerful voice David Verdaguer ) gave him since he also suffered bullying in his childhood. His character creates a very beautiful and well-built relationship with Capi, offering memorable sequences in fiction. Miki Esparbe fits perfectly into the role of psychologist and Marián Álvarez, Carlos Santos and the rest of the adult cast give outstanding life to the different parents and teachers who, with their own quirks and characters, sometimes act in an unwise way when it comes to addressing this problem.
Interesting narrative resources
Invisible has a great production and creative team behind his back and this is demonstrated in his narrative and visual choices. Proof of this are sequences like the one when MM and his friends record Capi trying to catch the wasp nest, very original in its three-camera format reproducing the perspectives recorded by the stalkers’ different mobile phones. Also the varied subjective shots or very close-ups of the protagonist, who provide tension and anguish to all the hard moments that the character experiences when being chased, beaten and harassed by his companions.
Furthermore, the art direction, photography and digital effectsto give life to the dragon are also very well carried out and make the series a visual delightwhich helps the important content you want to show us. It culminates and completes the beautiful soundtrack by Fernando Velázquezwhich will remain in our imagination for weeks.
Invisible culminates with that end on the train trackswhere we finally understand the truth of the serious accident that Capi suffered: a torn attempt by the young man to end all his suffering in which he ends up going back on his countdown when he realizes all the beautiful people really see and support him in his life, starting with his little sister, whom he sees at that moment by his side. A beautiful scene that culminates with the arrival of the teacher and her dragon, that “invented power” that she now shares with the protagonist.
However, Invisible closes its plot with a implausible and utopian final sequencein which classmates and teachers claim to be guilty and responsible for the harassment of Capi and even “cover” all the damage that MM has done. Perhaps everyone may have participated in it with their silence, but they certainly do not have the same burden of responsibility. It is also surprising that the harasser so quickly raises his conscientious objection or that, once again, no adult intervenes to resolve the conflict.
Despite this, Invisible it’s a seriesvery beautiful, sensitive and necessarywhich addresses the issue of bullying (a social problem that should not fail to be reflected in our fictions) in a unique, different and special way. I hope it goes deep and serves as an example for many.
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