Dark Desire (Spanish: Oscuro deseo)[3] is a Mexican thriller drama television series produced by Argos Comunicación for Netflix. The series stars Maite Perroni, Erik Hayser, Alejandro Speitzer, María Fernanda Yepes, Regina Pavón and Jorge Poza,[4] The start of production was confirmed on 6 May 2019,[5] and it premiered on 15 July 2020.[6]
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| Spanish | Oscuro deseo |
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| Created by | Leticia López Margalli |
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| Composer | Giovanni Rotondo |
| Country of origin | Mexico |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 33 |
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| Executive producer | Patricia Benítez Laucin |
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| Running time | 30–39 minutes |
| Production company | Argos Comunicación[1] |
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| Network | Netflix |
| Release | 15 July 2020 – 2 February 2022 |
On 19 August 2020, the series was renewed for a second and final season, which premiered on 2 February 2022.[7][8] It was also announced that season 1 of Dark Desire was the most watched non-English title on Netflix, amassing 35 million viewers in 28 days or 213.79 million hours.[9][10]
Synopsis
editAlma (Maite Perroni) is a law school professor. She is married to Leonardo (Jorge Poza), a judge who has kept much from her. They are parents of Zoe (Regina Pavón). In this context, Darío (Alejandro Speitzer) and Esteban (Erik Hayser), a police officer, also come into play.[1]
Cast and characters
editMain
edit- Maite Perroni as Alma Quintana Solares, a former lawyer and college professor who begins the affair with Darío behind her family's back.
- Erik Hayser as Esteban Solares, a former police officer and Leonardo's brother, Zoe's uncle and Alma's ex-brother-in-law
- Alejandro Speitzer as Darío Guerra, a college student and mechanic who attends Alma's class and starts to fall in love with her
- María Fernanda Yepes as Brenda Castillo (season 1), Alma's best friend who has recently gone through a divorce. She committed suicide by cutting her wrists, opening a case in which Darío, Leonardo and Esteban were suspects in Brenda's apparent murder due to their connection to her
- Regina Pavón as Zoe Solares, Alma and Leonardo's rebellious daughter and Esteban's niece who is struggling with her sexuality
- Jorge Poza as Leonardo Solares, a highly respected former judge and Alma's ex-husband, Esteban's brother and Zoe's father
- Catherine Siachoque as Lys Antoine (season 2), Darío's aunt and foster mother who had a sexual relationship with him
- Arturo Barba[a] as Íñigo Lazcano (season 2), a lawyer and Julieta's father
- Ariana Saavedra[b] as Julieta Lazcano (season 2), Darío's fiancée who turns up dead the day before their wedding
Recurring
edit- Paulina Matos as Edith Ballesteros (season 1), Leonardo's assistant whom Alma initially thought to be her husband's mistress
- Leticia Huijara as Lucinda (season 1), Darío's mother
- Claudia Pineda as Patricia García (season 1), one of the detectives in charge of Brenda's case
- Esteban Soberanes as Vallejo (season 1), another of the detectives in charge of Brenda's case
- Samantha Orozco as Rosalba (season 1)
- Fabián Merlo as El Chalán (season 1)
- Tony Valdes as Jacinto (season 1)
- Eligio Meléndez as El Padrino (season 1)
- Carmen Baqué as Nancy (season 1)
- Daniel Damuzi as Carmona (season 1)
- Magali Boysselle as Mónica, a therapist who helps Alma overcome her obsession with Darío. In season 2, she organizes a group of women who had been through similar situations.
- María de Villa as Karina, Zoe's best friend and later girlfriend
- Mahoalli Nassourou as Eugenia Montaño (season 2), the detective in charge of Julieta's case
Episodes
editSeason 1 (2020)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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| 1 | 1 | "It's Just Sex" (Spanish: Es solo sexo) | Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez | Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli | 15 July 2020 |
| 2 | 2 | "One Last Night of Passion" (Spanish: Una última noche de pasión) | Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez | Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli | 15 July 2020 |
| 3 | 3 | "What Common People Call Love" (Spanish: Eso que los normales llaman amor) | Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez | Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli | 15 July 2020 |
| 4 | 4 | "Love, That Word" (Spanish: El amor, esa palabra) | Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez | Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli | 15 July 2020 |
| 5 | 5 | "What Do You Know About Darío Guerra?" (Spanish: ¿Qué sabes acerca de Darío Guerra?) | Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez | Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli | 15 July 2020 |
| 6 | 6 | "Are You Missing the Good Old Times?" (Spanish: ¿Extrañas los viejos tiempos?) | Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez | Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli | 15 July 2020 |
| 7 | 7 | "You Messed with the Wrong Woman" (Spanish: Te metiste con la mujer equivocada) | Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez | Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli | 15 July 2020 |
| 8 | 8 | "The Tell-Tale Heart" (Spanish: El corazón delator) | Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez | Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli | 15 July 2020 |
| 9 | 9 | "A Wicked Game of Mirrors" (Spanish: Un perverso juego de espejos) | Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez | Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli | 15 July 2020 |
| 10 | 10 | "The Beauty of a Sudden Death" (Spanish: La belleza de una muerte repentina...) | Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez | Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli | 15 July 2020 |
| 11 | 11 | "Nothing Is What It Seems" (Spanish: Nada es lo que ello parece) | Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez | Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli | 15 July 2020 |
| 12 | 12 | "We've Messed Up So Much" (Spanish: Nos hemos equivocado tanto) | Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez | Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli | 15 July 2020 |
| 13 | 13 | "You Were Only an Innocent Victim" (Spanish: Tú solo fuiste una inocente víctima) | Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez | Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli | 15 July 2020 |
| 14 | 14 | "Two Truths and One Lie" (Spanish: Dos verdades y una mentira) | Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez | Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli | 15 July 2020 |
| 15 | 15 | "We Never Talked About Love" (Spanish: Nunca hablamos sobre el amor) | Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez | Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli | 15 July 2020 |
| 16 | 16 | "Revelation 21:8... Fire Is Set Upon His Anger" (Spanish: Apocalipsis 21:8... El fuego es encendido en su ira) | Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez | Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli | 15 July 2020 |
| 17 | 17 | "We Kill What We Love" (Spanish: Matamos lo que amamos) | Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez | Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli | 15 July 2020 |
| 18 | 18 | "The Answer Was Always There" (Spanish: La respuesta siempre estuvo ahí...) | Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez | Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli | 15 July 2020 |
Season 2 (2022)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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| 19 | 1 | "Eros and Psyche" (Spanish: Eros y Psique) | Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez | Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli | 2 February 2022 |
| 20 | 2 | "You Can Never Escape Something Like This" (Spanish: De algo así no se escapa nunca) | Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez | Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli | 2 February 2022 |
| 21 | 3 | "No One Can Run From Themselves" (Spanish: Nadie puede huir de sí mismo) | Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez | Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli | 2 February 2022 |
| 22 | 4 | "The Other" (Spanish: El otro) | Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez | Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli | 2 February 2022 |
| 23 | 5 | "Walking on Hot Coals" (Spanish: Caminar sobre las brasas) | Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez | Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli | 2 February 2022 |
| 24 | 6 | "You Were Always My Mirror" (Spanish: Siempre fuiste mi espejo) | Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez | Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli | 2 February 2022 |
| 25 | 7 | "A Dangerous Cocktail" (Spanish: Un coctel peligroso) | Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez | Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli | 2 February 2022 |
| 26 | 8 | "Don't Believe a Thing You Hear" (Spanish: No creas nada de lo que escuches) | Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez | Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli | 2 February 2022 |
| 27 | 9 | "You've Become Your Own Worst Enemy" (Spanish: Te has convertido en tu peor enemiga) | Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez | Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli | 2 February 2022 |
| 28 | 10 | "Everyone Reads Their Own Story" (Spanish: Cada quien lee su propia historia) | Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez | Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli | 2 February 2022 |
| 29 | 11 | "Who the #*%& Are You Really?" (Spanish: ¿Quién #%& eres en verdad?) | Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez | Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli | 2 February 2022 |
| 30 | 12 | "The Twins" (Spanish: Los mellizos) | Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez | Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli | 2 February 2022 |
| 31 | 13 | "A Perfect and Unbearable Triangle" (Spanish: Un perfecto triángulo insoportable) | Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez | Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli | 2 February 2022 |
| 32 | 14 | "It Was Always You" (Spanish: Siempre fuiste tú) | Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez | Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli | 2 February 2022 |
| 33 | 15 | "Facing the Darkness..." (Spanish: Enfrentar la oscuridad...) | Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez | Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli | 2 February 2022 |
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Award | Category | Nominated | Result | Ref. |
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| 2020 | GQ Men of the Year Awards | Mexican Actress of the Year | Maite Perroni | Won | [11] |
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e Cerdán, Aline (7 May 2019). "'Todo por ti', la nueva propuesta de Netflix con elenco de telenovela". Yahoo! (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- ^ Garrido, Isaac (3 July 2020). "Maite Perroni revela los secretos de "Oscuro Deseo", el nuevo thriller erótico de Netflix". GQ México (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ Jiménez, Gonzalo (25 February 2020). "Netflix revela sus nuevas películas y series hechas en México". CNET (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ Fernandez, Patry (6 May 2019). "'Todo por ti', la serie de Netflix que conquistará al mundo en 2020". Veo, escucho y os cuento (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 July 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- ^ "Lista Maite Perroni para protagonizar serie "Todo por tí! de Netflix". Posta (in Spanish). 13 May 2019. Archived from the original on 20 July 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- ^ Valdez, Armando (16 June 2020). "Netflix estrenará su Oscuro Deseo". Quadratin Jalisco (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ Ortega, Joselyne (19 August 2020). "'Oscuro Deseo' tendrá una segunda temporada y esto es lo que sabemos (hasta el momento)". Glamour Mexico (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ Cespo, Juanita (27 December 2021). "Oscuro Deseo: Actores revelan la fecha de estreno de la segunda temporada" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ "'Dark Desire' Season 2: Netflix Renewal Status & What to Expect". What's on Netflix. 27 August 2020.
- ^ Moore, Kasey (2023-02-09). "Most Watched Series & Movies on Netflix (Hours Watched)". What's on Netflix. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
- ^ Maite Perroni brilló (literalmente) con estos pantalones de transparencias
External links
edit- Dark Desire on Netflix
- Dark Desire at IMDb
