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Netflix Debuts “A Widow’s Game,” Recounting Spain’s ‘Black Widow of Patraix’ Murder

Premiering May 30, the thriller explores how María Jesús Moreno Cantó manipulated her lover into murdering her husband under the guise of abuse.

Ivana Baquero plays the titular widow Maje in A Widow's Game.
Ivana Baquero as Maje in 'A Widow's Game'.
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Overview

  • The film is now streaming worldwide on Netflix, marking another Spanish-language true crime drama on the platform.
  • It revisits how Maje led a double life and enlisted hospital janitor Salvador Rodrigo Lapiedra to ambush and kill her husband in August 2017.
  • Directed by Carlos Sedes and written by Ramón Campos with collaborators, the movie stars Ivana Baquero as Maje, Carmen Machi as Inspector Eva and Tristán Ulloa as her coerced accomplice.
  • Critics praise the ensemble’s performances but fault the three-perspective narrative for disrupting cohesion and ending abruptly.
  • In real life, Maje was sentenced to 22 years and Salvador to 17 years in 2020, and she gave birth to a child in prison in 2023.