Pacto Brutal: O Assassinato de Daniella Perez

As Episode 1 of "A Brutal Pact: The Murder of Daniella Perez" (2022 release from Brazil; 5 episodes of about 60 min each) opens, it is "December 28, 1992", and we learn that a 22 yo well-known Brazilian soap opera star, Daniella Perez, is found brutally murdered. Her mother Gloria, the writer of the soap that starred her daughter, laments: "there were only good things on the horizon, then we were crushed by December 28". We then go back in time to Daniella's upbringing, and what eventually made her a start at such a young age... At this point we are 10 min into Episode 1.

Couple of comments: 2022 marks the 30th anniversary of these terrible events, but it's clear that in Brazil many people still talk about it like it happened yesterday. There are many. Many talking heads, from family to other actors to the police who investigated, and so forth. In fact, I was taken aback by the sheer volume of on-camera interviews done 30 years later, as opposed to showing the TV clips and other archive footage from 1992 (to be clear: there are some of those, but not nearly enough). But here is the biggest challenge: by the end of Episode , we know who is responsible for the murder, and in Episode 2 we now start digging into the why, and by the end of Episode 2, I thought to myself: am I really going to sit through 3 more hours of this? I immediately knew I had already answered my own question. Bottom line: these events seem to have had a profound effect on Brazilian society but it never resonated with me, and I couldn't get into it. Even though I am a huge fan of true crime documentaries, I bailed after 2 episodes.

"A Brutal Pact: The Murder of Daniella Perez" recently premiered on HBO Max, and all 5 episodes are now available. If you are a fan of true crime documentaries, I'd readily suggest you check this out, with expectations firmly in check, and draw your own conclusion.

I was 5 years old when Dani was murdered and I still remember. It makes me sick to my stomach to think that The killers are living their lives like nothing happened. It's unacceptable, it's ridiculous and it makes me mad and angry.

Gloria is a heroine and has all my respect. As a mother I can only imagine her pain. Watching her talking about Dani shows how strong of a woman she is.

Thank you Gloria for sharing this story with us.

Pessoas do Brasil, PAREM DE DAR IBOPE PRA ESSAS ASSASSINOS. Que eles queimem no fogo do inferno e paguem pelo que fizeram.

Amazing documentary revealing shocking details of the murder of Daniella Perez, brazilian actress and daughter of famous telenovelas author Gloria Perez.

This is more than just a criminal investigation, which it is. It is also about the effects it had on the mother of the victim, and her important role in finding the truth. I don't understand how imperfect the system still is, and in cases like these, of extremely violent premeditated crimes, how little justice is served. An eye for an eye, seems to me, would be more appropriate. Can a criminal redeem itself? Maybe. But one must be held accountable for taking someone's life. I was left baffled at the end. I swallowed dry and clenched my hands as we hear the mother's remarks at the ene, and we see Daniella's hopes and dreams for her future. When a life like that is taken, it was not just of that person, but the grandchildren and extra family members that mother never had. And sadly never will.

The documentary was very well done exposing the truth and not fantasy versions by killer. I remember very well the day I heard the news of Dani's death on TV, I was shocked, because I didn't understand how someone could take the life of such a beautiful person inside and outside. That's why, after 30 years of her death, nothing fairer than keeping what happened alive, because we can never forget about that macabre night that took Daniela's life, victim of two monstrous psychopaths who don't deserve the slightest consideration and respect from anyone and not even the right to live in society. What a shame we don't have the death penalty here in our country, because it would be the least what these monstrous psychopaths deserved to have for what they did to her.

In conclusion, I recommend you to see this documentary because it was very well done and shows only the truth and nothing else. Congratulations to whoever produced it.