I feel like this documentary has all of the necessary elements to explain what happened to the poor Isabella but the way it is presented is very confusing.
The English subtitles lack in clarity and people are shown on screen with their Spanish title but not often with the English equivalent so you're not sure who they are or what their relevance is.
The flow of the information darts about quite a lot and I feel that there is a lot of unnecessary filler. It seems there is a lot of focus on the outside 'circus' which does need to be covered, but I feel this is more the sole focus and therefore takes away from the main premise of the documentary.
I feel that this needed to be more clear cut to really tell the little girls story.
A Life Too Short: The Isabella Nardoni Case
2023 [PORTUGUESE]
Crime / Documentary
Plot summary
When a 5-year-old girl falls from her father's apartment, her mother embarks on a quest for justice — and is put under the national spotlight.
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
August 20, 2023 at 04:56 AM
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Tragic story poorly portrayed.
This is NOT a documentary
A documentary must bring all versions of the parts, and ALL EVIDENCE found by the expert. That's not what we see here. They bring partial information, opinions of those who weren't even involved in the case. Those who followed the case identified such failures because they felt a lack of precious evidence information, brought during the trial of the case, which made clear the reasons for the conviction of the defendants. It is not what we see here. I was left wondering who this "documentary" came to serve... because it wasn't the truth about the case. What a waste of opportunity! This is NOT a documentary, unfortunately.
It's a difficult case.
I felt there was more to be discovered here, the uproar and the hate did not help, in any way to tell us what actually happened, I think proper forensics and mayhaps investigating the father of the child would have been useful.
The mother trusted this young new wife, does that imply she didn't trust the dad? I could understand a young woman with post natal depression and three children under six being the burden that made her snap, but cutting the net requires pre meditation.
Sadly none of this brings back an enchanting and much loved child, I hope it brings solace to the family, it was a difficult watch that I couldn't repeat. R. I. P. Isabella.