Dark Desire (2020)
Original title: Oscuro deseo
Dark Desire is a 2020 Spanish-language mystery series created by Leticia López Margalli. It stars Maite Perroni, Alejandro Speitzer and Erik Hayser.
Alma is a happily married law professor whose life turns on a single weekend away, a charged encounter that pulls her into obsession, suspicion and a death she cannot explain. This glossy Mexican thriller from Argos Comunicacion tips a respectable, orderly world off its axis, sending Alma back through her marriage, her friendships and her own choices to work out who she can trust. Maite Perroni plays Alma opposite Alejandro Speitzer as the young man at the center of the storm. Steamy, twisty and paranoid, it stacks affairs, secrets and possible crimes into a slick binge built for late nights.
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What is Dark Desire about?
Alma is a happily married law professor whose life turns on a single weekend away, a charged encounter that pulls her into obsession, suspicion and a death she cannot explain. This glossy Mexican thriller from Argos Comunicacion tips a respectable, orderly world off its axis, sending Alma back through her marriage, her friendships and her own choices to work out who she can trust. Maite Perroni plays Alma opposite Alejandro Speitzer as the young man at the center of the storm. Steamy, twisty and paranoid, it stacks affairs, secrets and possible crimes into a slick binge built for late nights.
When was Dark Desire released?
Dark Desire was released on 15 July 2020.
How many episodes does Dark Desire have?
Dark Desire has 33 episodes across 2 seasons.
Who made Dark Desire?
Dark Desire was created by Leticia López Margalli.
Where can I watch Dark Desire?
Dark Desire is available on Netflix.
Where to watch Dark Desire
Stream: Netflix
Cast
- Maite Perroni as Alma Solares
- Alejandro Speitzer as Darío Guerra
- Erik Hayser as Esteban Solares
- Jorge Poza as Leonardo Solares
- Regina Pavón as Zoe Solares
- María Fernanda Yepes as Brenda Castillo Trejo
- Paulina Matos as Edith Ballesteros
- Leticia Huijara as Lucinda
- Ariana Saavedra as Julieta Lazcano
- Catherine Siachoque as Lys Antoine
- Claudia Pineda as Patricia García
- Magali Boysselle as Terapeuta
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A few thoughts on Dark Desire
For more heated noir where desire and danger blur, the game Max Payne drenches its crime story in the same shadowed dread, while The Wolf Among Us builds a twisty mystery around who is lying. Life Is Strange shares its unease and buried secrets, Frank Miller's Sin City matches the pulp-noir heat, and the film The Housemaid delivers the same simmering domestic menace.
Erotic thrillers where obsession turns dangerous
Dark Desire drops a settled law professor into one charged weekend that curdles into obsession and suspicion. If you like thrillers that run on desire, jealousy and a body no one can explain, these stories chase the same heat, following affairs and fixations that pull ordinary people toward ruin across TV and games.
Legal minds tangled in a murder they can't outrun
Alma teaches law in Dark Desire, then finds her own orderly world turned into a case she has to solve. If you like smart, courtroom adjacent thrillers where lawyers and professors get pulled into killings, these series match that mix of sharp minds, cover ups and slow burning guilt.
A respectable life unravels after one buried secret
Dark Desire tips a happy marriage off its axis the moment a single secret surfaces. If you are drawn to glossy thrillers where a comfortable household hides betrayal, suspicion and a disappearance, these stories follow the same slow collapse, watching tidy lives come apart once the truth starts leaking out.
Twisty mysteries built around a death that doesn't add up
A death Alma cannot make sense of sits at the center of Dark Desire. If that puzzle box pull is what keeps you watching, these mysteries hand you the same challenge, laying out suspicious deaths and hidden motives to untangle across classic crime novels, a detective manga and a coiled TV whodunit.