Netflix’s new documentary “A Child of My Own,” released on August 13, 2026, tells the true story of Eleonor Alejandra Marin Mendoza, who faked her pregnancy and kidnapped a newborn baby from a hospital.
The film runs just over an hour and a half.
“A Child of My Own” is directed by two-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker Maite Alberdi and was released on Netflix on August 13, 2026, after premiering at the 2026 Berlin International Film Festival in February. Director Alberdi said about meeting her that, “Alejandra wasn’t someone I would have imagined ending up in prison. I was struck by how extraordinary everything she told me was,” as per The Sun.
No turning back. Mendoza now lives as a free woman in Mexico .
In the documentary, Mendoza said, “I was drawn into problems that got bigger and bigger… until there was no way out. She said, “During my thirteen years in prison, I have focused on accepting not being a mum.”
