Season 1 – The Asunta Case

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Paula M @Pwrm21 Dec 26 The acting was good, but I didn't like the production. I watched in the US and the voice overs were awful, really bad. While I had never followed the original trial and associated media, I felt the documentary made the parents pathethic, weak characters. Almost like they deserved to go to prison, even if they didn't do it. The real parents couldn't have been this bad. See more Anthony G Apr 24 A fine ensemble cast in another of Netflix' intelligent & understated gems that isn't American or British. Candela Pena's performance is both chilling & vulnerable. See more Luke T Apr 5 Absolute rubbish. I don’t know the pretense everyone else went in with but I watched it on Netflix where the synopsis made out that there was a dark twist that would shock everyone regarding the truth of what really happened. Instead, it was 6 drawn out episodes where they suspected the parents, put a case together, went to trial, found them guilty, and then sent them to prison. No twist, no revelation, just one track, from A to B, and at snails pace. Do yourself a favour and watch something else. See more Marco L @decatur555 Mar 7 (CASTELLANO) El reto de convertir en serie un caso tan mediático es mantener el interés sin caer en lo que ya ha contado la prensa. El caso Asunta lo consigue en parte, sobre todo gracias a su reparto, aunque le cuesta aportar una nueva perspectiva que la haga realmente imprescindible. Candela Peña y Javier Gutiérrez están brillantes. Ella construye una Rosario Porto llena de matices, difícil de encasillar, mientras que él transmite perfectamente la ambigüedad de Alfonso Basterra. Juntos consiguen que cada escena tenga una tensión palpable, aunque ya sepamos cómo acaba la historia. La serie está bien hecha, y evita caer en el morbo fácil, pero no sale del camino ya conocido. No busca reinterpretar lo sucedido ni ofrecer ángulos nuevos, sino que nos muestra la historia tal y como se contó en su momento. Para quienes recuerdan el caso, puede ser más una recreación bien producida que un relato que aporte algo diferente. Aun así, El caso Asunta es una producción cuidada, con grandes actuaciones y un ritmo que mantiene la atención hasta el final. Para quienes no siguieron el caso en su momento, es un acercamiento sólido y bien contado. Para los que ya conocen todos los detalles, la sensación que deja es que podría haber profundizado más en las zonas grises de esta tragedia. (ENGLISH) The challenge of turning a highly publicized case into a series is keeping the audience engaged without simply repeating what the media has already covered. El caso Asunta manages to do this to some extent, mainly thanks to its strong cast, though it struggles to offer a fresh perspective that makes it truly essential. Candela Peña and Javier Gutiérrez are outstanding. She portrays Rosario Porto with depth, making her a complex and difficult-to-categorize character, while he perfectly conveys Alfonso Basterra’s ambiguity. Together, they create an undeniable tension in every scene, even though we already know how the story ends. The series is well-made and avoids falling into easy sensationalism, but it doesn’t stray from the well-known narrative. It doesn’t try to reinterpret events or provide a new perspective; instead, it presents the story just as it was originally told. For those familiar with the case, it might feel more like a high-quality reenactment rather than a fresh take on the story. Even so, El caso Asunta is a well-crafted production with strong performances and a steady pace that holds attention until the end. For viewers unfamiliar with the case, it serves as a solid and well-told introduction. But for those who already know all the details, it leaves the feeling that it could have explored the gray areas of this tragedy in greater depth. See more Kristine A @Miel94 02/02/2025 It was very sad & interesting, but I don’t love the way it was portrayed. The 5th episode was super confusing because they showed the ways that it could have happened, but at first I thought they were showing what DID happen. It felt flat a lot of the time, too, but it was only 6 episodes and I’m still glad I watched it. The actors did a great job, especially Porto. See more William F 09/15/2024 Dreadfully sad, very well acted and absorbing reenactment of an actual case. The whole time one is hoping something will emerge that will let the foster-parents off the hook ... A slight fault I found was that the film sometimes showed what the police were reconstructing as a possible scenario, as if it had really happened like that, so that in the end it was a bit difficult to sort out what was reconstruction and what was supposed to have been the real course of events. One felt sorry for the wife/mother but also felt that her personality (under the influence of medication) was a kind of swamp into which one would step and never get out. They didn't show much of the girl victim (their adopted daughter) but on the whole that was probably wise as it would have taken one in too much and distracted from the parents, who were the real case study. See more Read all reviews

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