Extended title
Chronicle of a 290-Day Kidnapping
The incredible true story of a Mexican businessman who, after being kidnapped in broad daylight and locked in a tiny cell with no human contact, must rely on his faith, his wit, and his love for his family to survive 290 days of total isolation.
In 2016, on an ordinary street in a major Mexican city, a businessman is intercepted in broad daylight by men posing as law enforcement. In a matter of seconds, his world collapses: handcuffed, hooded, and thrown into a prefabricated cell, he begins a 290-day captivity that will test the limits of his body, mind, and spirit.
La caja (“The Box”) is the harrowing, intimate, and gripping real-life story of a prolonged kidnapping told from the inside. The protagonist, an ordinary family man, is dragged into a nightmare ruled by unseen criminals. Deprived of all sensory stimuli and subjected to psychological torture—constant noise, 24-hour lights, isolation, and arbitrary punishments—he clings to the only things no one can take away: his thoughts, his faith, and the memory of those he loves.
Trapped in a two-meter cell with no human contact or certainty of rescue, Alberto turns his mind into a sanctuary. He writes mental lists to become a better father, trains his body to stay alive, finds solace in imagined books and letters. He holds on to memories of his wife, fantasizes about life outside, and confronts the question again and again: give in, or resist?
When reality threatens to crush him, he creates mental games, invents routines, even pretends to be insane. His body deteriorates, his faith falters, and the only certainty is the possibility that he may never be freed.
Then, unexpectedly, the cell begins to change: a letter arrives, a haircut, a mirror. Something is shifting. And finally—after 290 days in the box—the unthinkable happens: the door opens. His family has managed to gather the ransom. Alberto is free.
RELEVANT INFORMATION: Alberto de la Fuente (Puebla, Mexico, 1979) is a businessman, writer, and vice president of Justicia Ciudadana, a civil organization that provides free support and legal advice to crime victims. He also chairs the security commission of the Employers Confederation of the Mexican Republic (COPARMEX) in Puebla.
Since surviving his long-term kidnapping in late 2016, he has selflessly shared his story through two books, believing that such a powerful experience must be told and known.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, he began writing La caja as a personal testimony for his children. Ultimately, motivated by the desire to raise awareness and help others, he decided to publish it. The result is a raw, cinematic, and deeply human narrative that not only exposes the horror of a normalized criminal industry, but also celebrates human resilience in its purest form.
A story of physical confinement and inner liberation—perfect for an audiovisual adaptation in the vein of Buried, blending psychological thriller and survival drama.
AUDIOVISUAL POTENTIAL: TV Series, Limited Series, Feature Film, TV Movie
AVAILABLE LANGUAGES: Spanish
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