The Asunta Case

THE ASUNTA CASE (aka El caso Asunta) is a Spanish dramatic miniseries based on a sensational murder case in Santiago de Compostela. In 2001, Rosario Porto (Candela Peña) and Alfonso Basterra (Tristán Ulloa), an upper-middle-class professional married couple, were the first in Galiçia, Spain, to adopt a baby from China. In 2013, 12-year-old Asunta (Iris Whu) is found dead at the side of a road near Rosario's late parents' house. Agents Cruces (María León) and Ríos (Carlos Blanco) quickly uncover enough evidence to convince Judge Malvar (Javier Gutiérrez), one of Rosario's former schoolmates, to arrest her while at her daughter's funeral and charge her with murder. Things get worse when her now ex-husband Alfonso is also arrested and charged with their daughter's killing.