‘It was worth making 18 episodes’: Pacto de Silencio is a Netflix hit

What is it about?

Driven by a violent desire for revenge, the famous influencer plunges headlong into the lives of four women to uncover the truth about his birth.

Revenge is a dish best served very cold.

It’s the new hit Mexican series from Netflix: Pacto de Silencio is a hit and quickly climbed to the third most-viewed spot on the platform after it hit the web on October 11.

This is not the first time that Mexico has offered popular productions to the American giant – Who Killed Sarah? And Thursday Widows easily found their audience – and Pacto de Silencio seems to confirm the trend.

This new contemporary soap follows Brenda (Camila Valero), a successful young influencer who infiltrates the lives of four women to discover which of them abandoned her at birth.

Motivated by a thirst for revenge after experiencing a difficult childhood, he discovers the truth as he finds love and uncovers secrets that will put his life in danger.

Pacto de Silencio combines all the necessary ingredients in a series of this type: murder, revenge, betrayal, secrets and romance.

Not recommended for people under the age of 16, this fiction has won subscribers thanks to its protagonist’s incredible story and the many twists and turns she has to face to find her biological mother, despite the plot being a bit long.

Indeed, the series written by José Vicente Spataro and directed by Carlos Villegas and Mauricio Corredor has 18 episodes!

Some callers scoffed at the longevity of Mexican fiction, which they said could be solved with a simple DNA test. But as netizen @Callme_Mlle on X (formerly Twitter) points out, there would be less drama. “It was worth doing 18 episodes”Based on it:

Despite the length of the series, Netflix subscribers do not hesitate to enter this soap game with heroine Brenda’s excessive – and slow – revenge. Pacto de silencio tempts you too?

The Pacto de Silencio series is available on Netflix.