''Muted'' () is a Spanish

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television series created by

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starring

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Plot

Set in

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, the show revolves around Sergio Ciscar, who has recently been released from detention. He has been temporarily mute during his childhood following to a traumatism and has recovered his faculty of speech only when his parents adopted a little sister. He has spent six years in detention for

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and is now under the secret watch of a young

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, Ana Dussuel, and her team. She loves him secretly and she also receives help from Marta, a girl obsessed with Sergio. Sergio desperately tries to find his younger sister, who was the only one in his family who treated him nicely. During the course of the series, it’s discovered that Sergio is a genius quick to anger and that his mother, a psychiatrist, was experimenting on him without his father's consent/knowledge. Towards the end we find out that Sergio is unstable and was on drugs and lashed out and pushed his parents over the balcony of their apartment to their death. The police are also involved in the watch, but are corrupt and trying to derail the watch.

Cast

Production

Created by

, ''Muted'' is an Alea Media production for

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. Shooting locations included

and

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Release

Netflix released the series on May 19, 2023.

Reception

The series has become the second most streamed non-English speaking series on Netflix within the first week of release.

References

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