1998. The small Spanish town of Benejúzar is forever changed when 13-year-old Verónica Rodríguez García accuses her neighbor, 63-year-old Antonio "Pincelito" Cosme, of rape. Despite substantial proof of wrongdoing, the community casts doubt on Verónica's story and instead stands by Pincelito – leading her mother, Mari Carmen García, to take matters into her own hands. A chilling account of the long-lasting effects of victim blaming, Hell on Earth: The Verónica Case (La mano en el fuego) raises questions about the methods society uses to handle acts of sexual violence, and how one man’s actions rocked a family, a town, and a nation.
