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In May, ‘Desire‘ grossed just over 9,800 euros in Spanish theaters: it did not reach 1,500 spectators. However, when he landed in Netflix In July, it added 12.9 million views in its first three days and was number one in 68 countries, Spain included. Nobody had heard of it and so it continues, lurking in a corner of the platform’s catalogue, without stopping adding views. Directed by debutante Teresa Simone, ‘Deseo’ tells the story of Lucero (Ludwika Paleta), a lawyer in a boring marriage but eroded enough that it is about to collapse, who begins a clandestine relationship with Matías (Óscar Casas), her children’s swimming coach. A traditional love triangle story that affects, apart from the passion with which the deception that triggers everything develops, the subsequent effects, with shared custody and loss of normality. Likely lto greatest virtue of ‘Deseo’ is the absolute comfort it proposes for the viewer: the love triangle and mutual seduction between a mature woman and a young boy, the marriage that falls apart, the clash between the comfort of what is known and the adventure of the unknown. They are all conventions of the romantic soap opera that the film addresses without prejudice and without subversive ambitions, which makes the film a comfortable and familiar space. ‘Deseo’ does not have dazzling marks on rating aggregators: 4.3 out of 10 on IMDband on Letterboxd a 2.24 out of 5. It is one of those Netflix hits that is among the most watched, but a bit secretive: they do not make much noise on social networks, they are not among the most recommended, the film pages ignore it… but they crown the platform’s audience tops. In Xataka | The perfect series for a marathon of episodes that we have seen a million times returns to Netflix