Santita: The romantic drama you didn’t know you needed
Get ready for another emotional journey on the streaming platform, because Gael García Bernal and Paulina Dávila are about to show us that love, with a good gossip involved, can be more complicated than deciphering the limits of a friendship on Instagram. The series, titled “Santita”, currently in its post-production phase, promises us a mix of good humor and drama that will surely have us sending screenshots on WhatsApp.
The plot is as dramatic as the cancellation of your favorite series: a woman, after an accident that leaves her in a wheelchair, decides to do epic-level ghosting and abandons the love of her life on her wedding day. Because, let’s face it, what better time for an existential crisis? Twenty years later, that same man returns, forcing her to confront her ghosts from the past and make decisions that will test her vision of love and, most importantly, of herself. An unexpected reunion that promises more tension than a family group discussing politics.
Chemistry, contradictions and a boyfriend who returns from limbo
Director Rodrigo García, who seems to specialize in destroying us emotionally, describes Paulina’s character as “complicated, with many contradictions, with everything, with addictions, good humor.” Basically, a more complex character than choosing a filter for a story. And about the romance with Gael‘s character, García has no doubt: “I think it is one of the strongest aspects of the series. There is a lot of chemistry between them, Gael is a boyfriend from the past who reappears.” In other words, it is the romantic plot twist that we all expected.
The production of this new Netflix original fiction, which would arrive in 2026, has not fallen short. Filmed on location in Tijuana and forums in Mexico City, it has a luxury cast that includes Ilse Salas and Erik Hayser, under the production of Gerardo Gatica, Pablo Zimbrón, Leandro Halperin and Ximena Calvo.
Tijuana, chaotic weddings and a wardrobe that deserves its own spin-off
Tijuana’s emblematic Revolución Avenue, famous among other things for its now legendary Donkey-Zebra, serves as one of the main stages. An anonymous member of the production shared the gem that “in one episode there is a wedding and everything goes crazy, it doesn’t go well for the characters, but it was fun to do.” It sounds like those weddings you go to just for the gossip and end up being part of the drama.
María Estela Fernández, the genius behind the costumes, shared that “it is great that it is a provincial story, so that it is not always Mexico City. They tried to take care of everything so that it felt like everything was made there.” And about the number of clothing changes, he revealed: “I don’t know how much costumes we did. There are characters that have five changes, also many actors, and extras.” A job as titanic as organizing an outfit for each day of the week, but on an industrial scale.
Meanwhile, Rodrigo García, the director of this promising series, will also premiere in selected theaters “The Follies,” his most recent film, which will be streaming on the 20th. Regarding this film, which is five stories in the Mexican capital, García commented amusingly: “I’m happy with The Follies because it echoes Nine Lives (his film, 20 years ago) and I think it has more humor, (because) with age one doesn’t want to do so much drama.” An evolution as natural as going from drinking cheap beer to good wine.
So, dear Netflix algorithm, take note: Santita comes with everything to become our next serial obsession. A fresh narrative, actors who promise to deliver memorable performances and a production that has taken care of every last detail to offer us a visually and emotionally addictive experience.
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