Īs they work together to unravel the mystery of the film and the obscure occultist who once roamed their city, Montserrat and Tristan might find out that sorcerers and magic are not only the stuff of movies. but Montserrat soon notices a dark presence following her, and Tristán begins seeing the ghost of his ex-girlfriend. Now the director wants Montserrat and Tristán to help him shoot the missing scene and lift the curse. The magic film was never finished, which is why, Urueta swears, his career vanished overnight. Then Tristán discovers his new neighbour is the cult horror director Abel Urueta, and the legendary auteur claims he has a way to change their lives - even if his tales of a Nazi occultist imbuing magic into highly volatile silver nitrate stock sounds like sheer fantasy. I also learned a lot about Mexican cinema without it feeling like she was trying to cram it down my throat or bore me to tears with it. Though it takes a while to get going, it keeps you turning the page, desperate to find out what happens next. And she's all-but-invisible to her best friend Tristán, a charming if faded soap opera star, even though she's been in love with him since childhood. Silver Nitrate was all I wanted and more from Silvia Moreno-Garcia. She's a talented sound editor, but she's left out of the boys' club running the film industry in '90s Mexico City. From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Daughter of Doctor Moreau and Mexican Gothic comes a fabulous meld of Mexican horror movies and Nazi occultism: a dark thriller about a curse that haunts a legendary lost film - and awakens one woman's hidden powers.
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