Miniseries · Netflix
The Secret of the River
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Diego Calva
Erik
8 eps
Trinidad González
Sicarú (Manuel as a woman)
8 eps
Mauro Guzman
Erik (as a boy)
8 eps
Frida Sofía Cruz Salinas
Manuel
8 eps
Yoshira Escárrega
Paulina
8 eps
Mercedes Hernández
Rafaela
8 eps
Octavio Mendoza
Solange
8 eps
Jorge A. Jimenez
Jacinto
8 eps
Iazua Larios
Luisa
8 eps
Tete Espinoza
Ana
8 eps
Nova Coronel
Ámbar
8 eps
Jorge Briseño
Braulio (as a boy)
8 eps
Jero Medina
Braulio
8 eps
Humberto Busto
Orlando
8 eps
Kaarlo Isaacs Barria
Emiliano
8 eps
David Montalvo
Felipe
8 eps
Lisa Rivas
Paulina (as a girl)
8 eps
Vicky Araico
Carmen
8 eps
Pedro Hernández
Pedro
8 eps
Romanni Villicaña
Adrián
8 eps
Isaac Figueroa "Saak"
Alejandro
8 eps
Gisselle Kuri
Silvia
8 eps
Roberto Oropeza
Cura
8 eps
Carlos Patrick Casanova
Oficial Gutiérrez
8 eps
Fernando Cuautle
Sergio
8 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Secret of the River actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Secret of the River reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
When a young boy arrives in a small Mexican village, a profound friendship blossoms with a local kid — and a dark secret seals their bond forever.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Diego RabasaExecutive Producer
- Ernesto ContrerasExecutive Producer
- Jorge 'Tocayo' RamírezProducer
- Juan UruchurtuExecutive Producer
Writing
- Estéfani Enríquez SotoWriter
Direction
- Alba GilDirector
- Alejandro ZunoDirector
- Ernesto ContrerasDirector
Cinematography
- César Gutiérrez MirandaDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
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