‘She wasn’t acting, she wanted to live it’: how a fake pregnancy resulted in the wildest true crime film of the year
The Netflix documentary 'A Child of My Own' explores the true story of a Mexican hospital worker who faked a pregnancy and kidnapped a newborn. The film examines the psychological complexities of motherhood and the extreme lengths the subject went to after suffering multiple miscarriages.
All the qualities of a Greek tragedy … Ana Celeste as Alejandra in A Child of My Own. Photograph: Courtesy of Netflix All the qualities of a Greek tragedy … Ana Celeste as Alejandra in A Child of My Own. Photograph: Courtesy of Netflix Documentary films ‘She wasn’t acting, she wanted to live it’: how a fake pregnancy resulted in the wildest true crime film of the year Netflix documentary A Child of My Own tells the stranger-than-fiction story of a hospital worker who went to extreme lengths in her efforts to become a mother. Its director recounts their meetings in a Mexican prison
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