On February 7, 2025, the Max platform premiered a shocking documentary series: The Heroic Minute: I Also Left Opus Dei. This production, directed by the renowned journalist Mònica Terribas and developed by The Mediapro Studio, offers an unprecedented look inside one of the most hermetic institutions of the Catholic Church.
🧕 Thirteen testimonies, the same wound
The series is made up of four episodes that give voice to thirteen women from Spain, Latin America, Ireland and the United Kingdom, who share their experiences within Opus Dei for the first time. These women denounce psychological, religious and economic abuse that they experienced for years in the institution.
🎭 A powerful narrative
The production intersperses real interviews with dramatizations starring actress Claudia Traisac, which allows us to reconstruct the experiences of the protagonists: their entry into adolescence, isolation from their families, life under rigid rules of prayer and unpaid work, and finally, the painful process of exit.
🕒 What does “The Heroic Minute” mean?
The title refers to the exact moment when each of them decided to leave Opus Dei. That “heroic minute” represents an act of courage and rupture with what, until then, had been his environment, his identity and his spiritual family.
📺 Watch the official trailer
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