“The Asunta case”: Series and movies depicting similar stories (based on true events)

On April 26, Netflix premiered the miniseries “The Asunta Case,” which tells the story of one of the cases that rocked Spain in 2013.

The fiction, based on a true story, explores the story of Rosario Porto and Alfonso, who reported their daughter Asuda missing. After his body is found, everything points to his parents as the possible perpetrators of the crime. If you liked this production, below we recommend other movies and series based on real cases.

“Crime Story: The Search” (2020)

Starring Regina Blandón and Darío Yazbek, this Mexican series deals in 6 episodes with the disappearance of the girl Paulette Gerbera Farah, who reportedly disappeared from her bedroom in the early morning of March 22, 2010.

Unsurprisingly, the case shocked Mexican TV viewers, who followed every detail of the 4-year-old girl’s whereabouts until it was reported that the minor was found dead in her room days later.

You can find this series on Netflix.

“Who is JonBenét” (2017)

Directed by Kitty Green, this film focuses on the true murder case of JonBenét Ramsey, a 6-year-old girl who was found dead in her home in Boulder, Colorado, in 1996.

The crime shocked public opinion and gave rise to many theories and speculations about what happened. This film plays with the format and foregrounds various actors going on a casting call to play the family and JonBenét herself giving information about the case.

You can find this movie on Netflix.

‘The Substitute’ (‘Changeling’) (2008)

Angelia Jolie stars as Christine Collins, a single mother who confronts the authorities in the 1920s after her son goes missing, as the police give her another child that isn’t hers and try to pass her off as mentally ill, only to not mention the corruption and impunity of the judicial system.

This film is based on the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders, a series of child abductions and murders that took place in Los Angeles from 1926 to 1928.

You can find the tape on Max and you can also rent or buy it on other digital platforms.

“The Act” (2019)

This series starring Joey King and Patricia Arquette tells the story of Gypse Blanchard, a young woman who, for as long as she can remember, has been sick with many things, until she realizes that she is healthy and wants to escape the obsessive her mother. .

To accomplish her plan, Gypsy finds a friend online and convinces him to murder her mother.

The series is available in Mexico through Claro Video and in the United States on Hulu.

“I am all the girls” (2021)

This film centers on a detective who unexpectedly teams up with an assassin to take down the leaders of a powerful child trafficking ring.

According to the site “The Cinemaholic”, the story is based on Gert van Rooyen, an alleged pedophile and serial killer who, along with his accomplice Joey Haarhoff, kidnapped at least six girls between 1988 and 1989, none of whom were found .

You can watch this movie on Netflix.