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4''Burning Body'' (ES: ''El cuerpo en llamas'') is a 2023 Spanish miniseries, written by Laura Sarmiento and directed by Jorge Torregrossa and Laura Mañá. It stars Úrsula Corberó, Quim Gutiérrez, José Manuel Poga, Isak Ferriz and Eva Llorach.
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6Taking place in May 2017, the corpse of a police officer, Pedro, appears burned inside a car in the Foix reservoir, in Barcelona. The incident quickly arouses the interest of public opinion, especially as the investigation reveals a network of toxic relationships, deceit, violence and sexual scandals involving Pedro and two of his fellow colleagues: his partner Rosa and her lover, Albert. The fictionalized events are inspired on the true story from the Urban Guard crime.
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8It was released worldwide by Creator/{{Netflix}} on September 8, 2023.
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11!!''Burning Body'' provides examples of:
12* AllAbusersAreMale: The trailer implies that Javi, Rosa's ex-husband, was abusive to her.
13* ByTheBookCop: Ester, the cop in charge of the investigation behind Pedro's death.
14* DeathOfTheHypotenuse: Pedro.
15* KillItWithFire: Just like the title suggests, Pedro's corpse was burned by Rosa and Albert.
16* LoveTriangle: Rosa, Pedro and Albert.
17* TheScapegoat: Rosa is implied to be attempting to make Albert this for Pedro's death.

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