Overview

• The miniseries, released on Netflix this week, adapts Tamara Trottner’s 2020 autobiographical novel about her childhood abduction.
• Set in 1960s Mexico within an influential Jewish community, the story follows a father who removes his children across borders as retaliation against their mother.
• Tessa Ía and Emiliano Zurita lead the cast, with Alexander Varela Pavlov and Marion Sirot as the children; the directors include Lucía Puenzo, Nicolás Puenzo and Samuel Kishi.
• Production filmed across multiple countries to mirror the cross‑border search, with locations reported in Mexico, France, Italy, South Africa and Israel.
• The series emphasizes 'violencia vicaria'—using children to harm a partner—highlighting institutional gaps of the era and the adaptation’s shift toward the mother’s perspective.