Overview
- Based on Tamara Trottner’s 2020 memoir, the series draws from a 1960s case in which a father removed his children to punish their mother.
- The show premiered on Netflix on October 15, 2025, and consists of five episodes.
- Creators frame the narrative around violencia vicaria—using children to harm a parent—seeking to raise awareness of this gendered abuse.
- The adaptation shifts perspective from the book’s childhood memories to the mother’s viewpoint, with names and structures adjusted for dramatization and privacy.
- The international production filmed on location in Mexico, Italy, France and South Africa, with a cast led by Tessa Ía and Emiliano Zurita and direction by Lucía Puenzo, Nicolás Puenzo and Samuel Kishi.