Netflix Premieres Alberdi's 'A Child of My Own' Aug 13
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- Netflix announced an August 13 streaming premiere for "A Child of My Own" (Un Hijo Propio), directed by two-time Oscar nominee Maite Alberdi, with select theatrical releases in the U.S., UK, and Mexico.
- "A Child of My Own" follows Eleonor Alejandra Marín Mendoza ("Ale"), a Mexican woman who faked a pregnancy under pressure from her husband and in-laws, then allegedly took a newborn from a young mother who denied any surrender arrangement.
- Maite Alberdi cast Ana Celeste Montalvo Peña as Ale and Armando Espitia as her husband Arturo, using extensive dramatizations to present Ale's perspective after Mexican media portrayed her one-dimensionally as "a baby thief."
- "A Child of My Own" screens Friday at Doc10 in Chicago and Sunday at the San Francisco International Film Festival, following festival stops at Berlin (world premiere in February), Buenos Aires, and Visions du Réel in Nyon, Switzerland.
- Alberdi has an established Netflix pipeline: the streamer adapted her "The Mole Agent" into the Ted Danson series "A Man on the Inside" (renewed for Season 3), and her 2024 fiction film "In Her Place" also streams on the platform.
Why it matters: Alberdi's track record gives Netflix a demonstrated documentary-to-series pipeline — her 'The Mole Agent' became the Ted Danson series 'A Man on the Inside,' now renewed for Season 3. Pairing the Aug 13 streaming debut with theatrical releases in three markets gives the film both Netflix's global audience and a physical platform ahead of awards season.
