The Surrogacy (2023)★ 5.8/10

TV-MA · MX · 45 min · June 14, 2023 · 1 seasons

Drama

Directed by: Walter Doehner, Jorge Rios Villanueva

A woman rents her womb to a powerful family of Mexican businessmen to save her father's life. After her delivery, she wakes up in a hospital where she is given a baby who was born with a physical disability. Years later, her life will confront her again with that moment, to discover the truth.

Original title

The Surrogacy

Storyline

Yeni is a poor woman manipulated by a wealthy family after her father kills the man who tried to kidnap her. They want Yeni to offer her womb to be a surrogate mother (something illegal in Mexico) in exchange for the release of her imprisoned father. She gives birth to twins and one of them is born with a disability, but in a confusing episode she is abandoned with her disabled son. A telenovela with an intriguing starting point addressing classism that escapes the commonplaces of this kind of productions.

Rating

5.8 / 10 · 667

Companies

Argos Comunicación, Netflix

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