We all know the story. We lived it live in 2013. Then we saw the documentary that Bambú made for Antena 3. And now the same production company recreates it from fiction ‘The Asunta case’, with Candela Peña carrying out a chilling transformation in Rosario Porto, the mother who murdered her daughter, Asunta Basterra. We have a first look in the trailer that Netflix has published:
‘The Asunta case’ will arrive on the platform on April 26. Six episodes in which the creators Ramón Campos, Gema R. Neira, Jon de la Cuesta and David Orea will tell us the story that we all know, but more closely than ever.
Peña will play Rosario Porto and Tristán Ulloa will play Alfonso Basterra, parents of the murdered girl. They lead a cast full of familiar faces such as Javier Gutiérrez, who plays the judge responsible for the case, or María León and Carlos Blanco, the detectives who will investigate the murder and those responsible. Carlos Sedes and Jacobo Martínez are in charge of directing.
It is a project that suits Bambú like a glove: the producer known for television hits such as ‘Velvet’ or ‘The Cable Girls’ is a Galician company that made perhaps its best series when it decided to adapt ‘Fariña’ with all the detail, care and Galician flavor it deserved.. We can expect the same treatment in ‘The Asunta Case’, a tragic story that occurred in Santiago de Compostela. In addition, the same production company was in charge of the documentary broadcast on Antena 3 in 2017, so they know the story better than anyone.
Official synopsis of ‘The Asunta Case’
On September 21, 2013, Rosario Porto and Alfonso Basterra reported the disappearance of their daughter Asunta, whose body was found hours later next to a road on the outskirts of Santiago de Compostela. The police investigation soon reveals evidence that points to Rosario and Alfonso as possible perpetrators of the crime. The news shocks the entire city and even the country. What can lead parents to end their daughter’s life? What is hidden behind that facade of a perfect family?