In the series, a mother faces stigma and a painful separation when her husband takes her children abroad and changes her life forever.
Netflix’s new Mexican series, Nobody Saw Us Leave (Nadie Saw Us Leave), won over the public and quickly became one of the most watched titles on the platform in several countries, including Brazil. With five episodes of around 50 minutes, the production combines family drama and psychological suspense to tell an impressive true story — based on the writer’s autobiographical book Tamara Trottner.
What is it about?
At the center of the plot is Valeria Goldberg (Tessa Ia), a woman who sees her husband, Leo Saltzman (Emiliano Zurita), running away with her children after the end of her marriage. What could be just a family dispute turns into an unequal fight: on one side, a discredited mother; on the other, a man protected by status, religion and economic power.
Determined, Valeria challenges the system and crosses borders in search of the children. Each episode reveals a new obstacle—from gender bias to institutional manipulation—and shows how male control extends far beyond marriage. Little by little, the initial suspense gives way to a story about resistance and the price of not remaining silent. The script is signed by Maria Camila Arias and production is Eduardo Díaz Casanova.
The real story behind the series
The plot originates from her own childhood memories. Tamara Trottnerwho, at the age of five, was kidnapped with her brother by her father. The children were taken to several countries — including Italy, France, South Africa and Israel — and kept away from their mothers for years. In the book Nadie Saw Us Leavepublished in 2020, the author reconstructs this traumatic period from a child’s point of view, narrating in first person the fear, confusion and effort to understand the maternal absence and one’s own identity in the midst of chaos.
In an interview with Mexican magazine Pasajes, Trottner explains that he decided to write solely based on the memories he had since childhood, without resorting to documentary research or testimonies from family members. “This story was turning me inside out and I needed to tell it.“, he said. “It was a way of transforming pain into narrative.”
Although based directly on the book, the series makes its own narrative choices. If the original text privileges the child’s gaze and the pain of separation, the television adaptation broadens the point of view and gives space to Leo Saltzman’s dilemmas. Tamara Trottner sees this approach with empathy: “In the series, we see Leo crying, Leo desperate, Leo telling his father that he wants to return”, he said. “In the book, this side only appears later, when, as an adult, I ask him his version of the events.”
The series also addresses the concept of vicarious violence, in which children are used as an instrument of revenge between their parents. “It’s a story about love, loss, and power — and how silence can be the cruelest form of violence”, declared Tamara Trottner in an interview with El Financiero.
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