This film tells the story of a murder in the North American upper class that shocked the public.
The Menéndez brothers is a documentary which tells the story, trial and media treatment of one of the most shocking cases of murder in the United States. This available on the Netflix platform and everything that happened is told with facts, there is also fiction about this case but it is a different series.
This audiovisual work comes to tell, 30 years lateranother look at what happened at that time. It was released on October 7 and in addition to providing the perspective of the brothers, it considers everything that motivated them to carry out the crime and showing how new generations tend to understand more what happened.
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What “Los Hermanos Menéndez”, a Netflix documentary, is about
On the night of August 20, 1989, Beverly Hills was the scene of one of the crimes that resonated most in the United States. José and Mary Louis Menéndez were murdered in their own home by two people and that is the only thing that was known. But soon, the breakup of one of the brothers caused the whole truth to be discovered, that they themselves murdered their parents.
Motivated by the constant physical and psychological abuse, one day they decided to end the lives of their parents. The documentary shows what happened, the media treatment and the trial that led them to prison for 30 years. There is testimony from the authorities involved and the perspective of people who consider that the young people did not deserve so many years deprived of their freedom is made known.
Trailer for “The Menéndez Brothers”, the Netflix documentary
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