The World of Mateo (El mundo de Mateo)

Director: Mariano Hueter,  Producer:  Writers: Mariano Hueter and Ezequiel Goldstein, Production: Idealismo Contenidos and Virrey Films, Country: Argentina, Language: Spanish, 2019, 16×30′, Rights: Ready Made: UK, France, Italy, French-speaking countries, German-speaking countries, Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland, Spain, Scandinavia and ex Yugoslavia. Format: World

In a remote village far from the big city, we meet Mateo, an introverted 16-year-old tormented by hallucinations since his mother abandoned him for no apparent reason. Mateo suffers from these “absences” due to post-traumatic stress caused by a complex family breakup. His passive and introverted attitude leads him to be the object of bullying and harassment at his school. But everything changes when Lucho, his relentless stalker, disappears under mysterious circumstances. Lucho is one of the most respected teenagers at school, and after not returning home, his mother begins a desperate search to find him. Tension soars when Lucho’s lifeless body is found in the basement of Mateo’s house, making him the main suspect.

In this thriller full of twists, Mateo is arrested by Police inspector Ledesma, who believes he has a case against him. At the police station, he suffers an intense hallucination that triggers an obsessive search for the truth. Destroyed visions, a secret cabin in the forest and a disturbing video lead Paula, the school’s brave educational psychologist, to delve into the depths of this enigma. Paula (along with Alejo, Mateo’s father) is the only one who believes in the young man and tries to prove that he had nothing to do with Lucho’s death.
The enigma is further complicated when a hidden audio recorder is discovered in Mateo’s house, suggesting a sinister plot. But nothing is what it seems, and each answer triggers new unknowns.

Paula and Mateo discover that the latter’s hallucinations are key to understanding what really happened.

With a surprising revelation, the series keeps its audience intreagued and with abated breath to the last moment.

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