Although this article is "The Death of Asunta" without spoilers, because this is an adaptation of real events, the murderer will be mentioned in this article (viewers who already know the content of the case may not feel that there are spoilers), finding the murderer is not the main plot of this play, but to explore the methods and motives behind the murderer to deceive the police, that is to say, the police investigation process is the focus of the narrative of this film, so if you see this, you will still be afraid of being spoiled by who the murderer is, so don't continue to read the following content
The Asunta Case is a new crime series on Netflix, the case of this drama is inspired by the famous unsolved case in Spain, and the reason why this case is considered an "unsolved case" is because in addition to the content of the case The adoptive parents have strong suspicious behavior, and the adoptive parents were also identified by the police as murderers in 2015 (the adoptive parents were also convicted)
But in fact, the police really can't understand the "real motive" of the adoptive parents to kill their stepdaughter, so the police can only deduce their motives based on the clues and evidence they get, which has become the reason why this case will be unsolved, and it is also the main plot focus of this play.
The case is like this, Assunta is an adopted daughter adopted by Alfonso and Rosalio, the couple's love for Asunta is the impression of the outside world, but one day a few years later, the couple went to report Asunta's sudden disappearance, but Asunta's body was found a few days later, this case takes "murder" as the direction of investigation, but the investigation process of this case is more and more confusing and suspicious to the police.
According to foreign media, this drama has been changed quite a lot, which may be because the director wants to lead the audience to explore the "human nature" and dig out the murderer's motives in his own way, this drama is actually a bit like "Missing Girl: Serial Murders on Long Island", the content and investigation of a case are made into a film drama, so I like "The Death of Assunta" Give me a kind of grasp that is a little close to the truth, but it has a strong storytelling effect of the film drama, and during the viewing process, you will feel that all this really wants to be the process of the police investigating the case, because the picture will be interspersed with some pseudo-documentary pictures, so that the audience feels that this is indeed narrating a real case, of course, this is very similar to the unsolved case of "Zodiac/Zodiac of Life", even if the conclusion in the real case is undecided, but the director has his own set of views to make a conclusion.
In the narration of the story, the director adopts the perspective of a "bystander", although this drama is a suspenseful reasoning drama, it is not like a movie drama that will portray the characters in the play to make the audience resonate and support a certain character, the director deliberately keeps the audience and the characters at a distance, just like we are looking at a case, we will doubt every aspect, every clue, and everyone from a top-down perspective, but then with their own "moral perspective" to dissect the murderer, and in the process of police investigation, the director deliberately used some very ambiguous ways to push and pull the possible truth, creating a kind of confusion, making it impossible to understand and determine whether the murderer is his adoptive father Alfonso, so there will be follow-up speculations and conspiracy theories.
Most of the plot is to lead the audience to see the "ambiguous points" of the case (the reasoning of the clues is all kinds of irrational and reasonable for the audience, "The Death of Assunta" emphasizes how the reporter and the police distort the facts because of Alfonso and Rosalio's descriptions to make them search in the wrong direction, and then go back to the suspicious parents of the adoptive parents. This is the same as most unsolved cases, the media, the outside world, and the public have their own inferences), and this case eventually becomes a "conspiracy theory" that everyone speculates and pieces together to explain the murderer's motives. So the duality of "The Death of Assunta" is that it really wants to talk about how law enforcement, the law, and the media have joined forces to form a conclusion that may or may not be close to the truth.
Of course, "The Death of Assunta" also has problems because of the final conclusion, it should be said that although it is not overly dramatized to affect the audience's thoughts and judgments, the director has brought out a lot of various inferences and ideas about this case in the plot, but perhaps because there are too many of these ideas, the "investigation" of the police gradually loses focus during the investigation process (for example, as the plot develops, there will be less and less about finding evidence, comparing alibi, The police's investigation ideas and so on)~ Instead, it is discussing the discussion of various rumors and conspiracy theories, and the director is relatively unbalanced in this part.
This drama is not as authentic as a documentary, there are still some dramatic effects in it, such as some twists or doubts, etc., if you already know the person in this case, then this drama may not be suitable for you, after all, in my own opinion, the movie drama is still a movie drama after all, and the director's focus is not comprehensive, but emphasizes a complete beginning and end, so if you want to see the various detailed aspects of the case, then this drama will not be suitable for you.
But if you have never heard of this case, this drama may be more in line with your taste~ Of course, some people may think why such a tragedy is still being used for entertainment?
It is true that "The Death of Asunta" is not bad in terms of picture quality, and the case has a good discussion through the role and the director's technique, but for me, it is better for a case to give people some reflection after all, such as how society changes, how the system responds, how the public perceives, how the media handles the spread of rumors and truth, etc., I personally do not object to the case being made into a work, but I myself hope that it is better to bring all the inspiration to the audience in the case, not just entertainment.