Netflix Premieres Docuseries 'Angi: Fake Life, True Crime' on May 1

On May 1st, Netflix will premiere the original docuseries Angi: Fake Life, True Crime. Consisting of two episodes, it analyses the murder of young Ana Páez, at the hands of María Ángeles Molina ("Angi") in 2008. This case was referred to by the media as "The Near-Perfect Crime" and Angi is currently serving a sentence for it. The series also sheds light on Angi's past, her marriage to Juan Antonio Álvarez Litben, and the businessman's death in 1996.

The police and judicial proceedings into the death of Álvarez Litben and the testimony of family members and people close to both cases are part of the never before published material that viewers will have access to for the first time. Carlos Agulló (Rosa Peral's Tapes, The Challenge: 11M) has directed this miniseries: "The investigation surrounding Angi: Fake Life, True Crime has been laborious and also revealing. In addition to the proceedings, we have reviewed more than 2,000 pages of case files, crime reports, and family files. We have also conducted more than 60 conversations and interviews with retired police officers, private detectives and those close to both cases. We have faced a multifaceted investigation, as many as Angi's multiple identities. It has been a challenge, a real game of mirrors, and we hope that the viewer can experience the same challenge".

Angi: Fake Life, True Crime, created by Brutal Media (Bank Under Siege, Rosa Peral's Tapes), produced by Carol Saliner under the direction of Carlos Agulló, will premiere on Netflix on May 1st, 2025.

About Brutal Media TV

Brutal Media is an innovative and creative producer of television, and film content, specialising in fiction, documentaries, original formats, factual programs, and entertainment. We are the Spanish production company of the international group BBC Studios.

The Netflix original miniseries Bank Under Siege, directed by Daniel Calparsoro and starring Miguel Herrán, María Pedraza, and Hovik Keuchkerian; and La Academia (Sony Pictures Television, Amazon Prime, 3Cat) are some of our recent productions. These also include Killer Book Club (Netflix first Spanish original slasher) and the series Welcome to Eden (Top 1 worldwide in 48 countries and Top 10 in 83 countries on Netflix). We have also produced some documentaries like Rosa Peral's Tapes (Netflix), The End of the Storm (Sky TV, Liverpool FC, Discovery, Rakuten) and Murder by the Coast (Netflix), as well as docuseries This is Football (Amazon Prime, for Starbucks).

In movie theaters, we have released films like La Vampira de Barcelona (winner of 5 Gaudí Awards, including Best Film, and Audience Award at the Grimmfest and at the Festival de Cine Fantástico de Catalunya-Sitges) and the Rom-Com I Love You, Stupid (TVE, Netflix, TV3) with Quim Gutiérrez, Natalia Tena and Ernesto Alterio.

We are also responsible for the return to television of the quiz show El Rival más débil (Mediaset) and successful factual programs such as El Foraster (3Cat) - which after 9 seasons is still the leading programme in Catalonia -, El Paisano (RTVE), and Això no és una cançó (3Cat), a program selected by INPUT 2024 as an innovative format.