Best viewed on Netflix since it hit the web, Devoured by Flames is the new Spanish hit of the moment on the platform. This eight-episode series, written by Laura Sarmiento and directed by Jorge Torrego and Laura Mania, is based on the true story of Rosa Peral and the “Municipal Police Crime” case.
This thriller marks the screen return of Ursula Corbero, the unforgettable interpreter of Tokyo in La Casa de Papel, in the role of Rosa Peral, a Barcelona municipal police officer, convicted in 2019 of the murder of her friend Pedro Rodríguez. In 2017, he was found burned in the car.
The young woman acted with the complicity of her lover, Albert López, who is also convicted in the case, which received a lot of media attention.
The investigation revealed a web of toxic relationships, lies, violence and sex scandals involving several police officers and is the most scandalous and darkest case in recent years in Spain. El Pais.
Rosa Peral is demanding money from the production company of the TV series Devoured by Flames
This series about the controversial case seems to have found its audience on Netflix, as Devoured by Flames is currently fifth in the platform’s top viewership charts.
But the real Rosa Peral doesn’t see it that way. Those found guilty and sentenced to twenty-five years in prison have already tried to cancel the series.
Although this request was unsuccessful, Rosa Peral through a lawyer managed to negotiate certain terms with the production company regarding the adaptation of the case. Thus, the identities of his two daughters are withheld, and Devoured by the Flames only features one child.
The real name of the girls’ father is not mentioned, nor is the name of his partner, both police officers. This is for the policeman who would be the author of the distribution of Rosa Peral’s nude pictures.
Today he decided to attack the production company of the series in order to get the royalties from Enrique’s prison in Tarragona). Rosa Peral needs money, because justice imposes a financial compensation of 800,000 euros for the family of the deceased. Reading.
If Rosa Peral manages to get the money from the Eaten by Flames production company, it will go entirely to Pedro Rodriguez’s widow and son. The convict can attack the fiction Devoured by the Flames, as well as seek financial compensation from the prison: Rosa’s version, a documentary that depicts the case from the point of view of a key stakeholder, also available on Netflix.
Meanwhile, the controversial series gets some success thanks to the platform presence and performance of Ursula Corbero, who plays Rosa Peral, as well as José Manuel Poga (Cesar Gandia in La Casa de Papel), who plays Pedro da Quim. Gutierrez (recently seen in Robin Campillo’s Red Island), who plays Albert.
Devoured by Flames is available on Netflix.
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