First Images Released for 'Barreda' Film About La Plata Femicide

Prime Video has unveiled the first images from "Barreda," a new film set to dramatize the shocking 1992 quadruple femicide committed by La Plata dentist Ricardo Barreda. The movie, which premieres on the platform on August 28 and will be available in over 240 countries, stars Luis Machín in the role of the infamous killer.

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The film, starring Luis Machín as Barreda, will arrive on August 28 to the platform, with simultaneous premiere in more than 240 countries and territories.

The film reconstructs the events of November 15, 1992, when Barreda used a shotgun to kill his wife, Gladys Marta Mac Donald, 57; his mother-in-law, Elena Arreche, 86; and his daughters, Cecilia and Adriana, aged 26 and 24. The murders took place in their La Plata home.

Directed by Daniela Goggi, the production is a collaboration between About Entertainment, Infinity Hill, and Amazon MGM Studios. The cast includes Carla Peterson and Mercedes Morán as Barreda's wife and mother-in-law, respectively, alongside Maite Lanata and Margarita Páez as his daughters. The film reportedly seeks to shift the narrative away from the sensationalism that has surrounded the case for decades, focusing instead on the victims.

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The production seeks to shift the focus from the morbid gaze that surrounded the case for decades to focus on the victims, in a context where Barreda, far from assuming his responsibility, tried to build an image of himself as a persecuted person and unleashed a media phenomenon that still generates controversy today.

Barreda's actions after the crime, including visiting a zoo and dining with a lover before turning himself in and fabricating a robbery story, contributed to the intense media attention. During his trial, he claimed to have acted after years of "constant humiliation" at home, a narrative rejected by the prosecution.

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During the investigation and the oral trial, which took place amid accusations between psychiatrists and psychologists about his sanity, Barreda maintained that he suffered after years of 'constant humiliation' within his own home.