Original Title: El cuco de cristal
Release date: 14 November, 2025
Production companies: Atípica Films / Netflix
Screening service: Netflix
Genre: Thriller / Drama
Format: 6 episodes x 45-50 minutes
Synopsis:
The Crystal Cuckoo follows the story of Clara Merlo, a first-year medical resident who suffers a sudden cardiac arrest. A heart transplant gives her a second chance at life, but also awakens in her an unease she cannot ignore: she needs to know who her donor was. Her search leads her to a small, mysterious village, where she discovers that the heart now beating inside her once belonged to a young man caught in an unresolved tragedy. Clara’s arrival in the village triggers a chain of events that will uncover a past many believed buried forever.
Crew
Directors: Laura Alvea / Juan Miguel del Castillo
Executive Producers: Alberto Félez / Cristina Sutherland / José Antonio Félez
Screenwriters: Jesús Mesas Silva / Javier Andrés Roig
Script Coordinator: Jesús Mesas Silva
Consultant: Javier Castillo
Director of Photography: Fran Fernández-Pardo
Art Director: Marta Blasco Carbonell – AEDAA
Composer: Julio de la Rosa
Art Director: Marta Blasco Carbonell – AEDAA
Line Producer: Bea Rodríguez Vives
1st Assistant Director: Hugo Baena
Casting Directors: Ana Sainz-Trápaga y Patricia Álvarez de Miranda
Musical Supervisor: Juan Ibáñez
Technical Director: Iván Benjumea-Rey
Sound Recording: Antonio Mejías – Antuan
Sound Design: Gabriel Gutiérrez y Álex Alcántara
Sound Mixers: Álex Alcántara
Costume Designer: Alberto Valcárcel
Make-up Artist: Lolita Gómez
Hair Stylist: Jesús Gil Bermúdez y Carlos Jimena
Editors: Miguel Doblado (AMAE) / David Nieves (AMAE) / Federico Patón (AMAE)
VFX Supervisor: Javier Pacín
Still Photographer: Julio Vergne
Cast
Catalina Sopelana
Álex García
Itziar Ituño
Iván Massagué
Tomás del Estal
Alfons Nieto
