Benedict Cumberbatch is the star of ‘Eric’, a psychological thriller that leads a desperate father to do everything possible to find his missing son, but what you didn’t know is that it is inspired by this famous case from the 80s.
Netflix is premiering with Erica new suspense series that has already placed among the top 10 of the most watched series on the platform. Sharing the list with baby reindeer and Bridgertonthe streaming production features Benedict Cumberbatch in an intense series of episodes that portray the disappearance of a boy and his father’s relentless search to bring him back home.
After its premiere at the end of May, Eric gained popularity among users of the streaming service, perhaps because It only consists of six episodes and is easy to marathon, but also for the mystery of its story and the performances of its cast. Cumberbatch has excelled in films such as 12 years of slavery, The enigma code and The power of the dogbut now it is a Netflix series that returns him to the center of the conversation.
The British actor plays Vincent Anderson, a father and professional in the creative world who is known for being the creator of the children’s television series Good Day, Sunshine! whose life falls apart when Edgar, his 9-year-old son, disappears while walking alone to school. In order to find him with the help of the authorities, Vincent intends to show Eric a drawing created by his son on television so that he can identify him and return to his family.
‘Eric’ takes up elements of a real case
The Netflix series takes place in New York City in the 1980s, just like the real case of Etan Patz, a six-year-old boy who disappeared while walking alone on the streets of the Big Apple, for the first time, to take a bus that would take him to his school. The case regained great relevance at the national level and led to the creation of a movement on the disappearance of children, which included new laws and methods to find children in that situation.
As in Eric, Etan’s photograph was one of the first to appear on a milk carton as part of a campaign for missing children in the early 1980s., something that was common for the time. This caused the current president, Ronald Reagan, to name the date of her disappearance (May 25) as National Missing Children Day in the United States.
Just like the character played by the actor from Doctor StrangeEtan’s father worked in the artistic field and was a professional photographer. His disappearance involved more than 100 police officers, but few clues were collected and the investigation remained unfinished until 2012., when the FBI reopened the case and Pedro Hernández, an initial suspect, was determined guilty of the kidnapping and second-degree murder of the minor. Does the same happen in Eric? Discover it only on Netflix.
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