The Crystal Cuckoo premieres on Netflix on November 14

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Netflix today announced the premiere date and released the first images from The Crystal Cuckoo, the new series starring Catalina Sopelana (The Gardener, The Neighbour), Alex García (Holy Family, The Immortal), Itziar Ituño (Berlin, Money Heist), Iván Massagué (El Hoyo), Alfons Nieto (El cuerpo en llamas, Elite) and Tomás del Estal (Clanes), which will launch on Netflix on 14 November.

The Crystal Cuckoo follows the story of Clara Merlo (Catalina Sopelana), 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.

This six-part series, produced by Atípica Films, is based on the bestselling novel by Spanish author Javier Castillo, with more than 2.5 million copies sold and published by Suma (Penguin Random House). The adaptation has been brought to the screen by Jesús Mesas and Javier Andrés Roig (Snow Girl, Estoy vivo), and directed by Laura Alvea (Animas) and Juan Miguel del Castillo (The Gypsy Bride).

About Atípica Films Atípica Films (Snow Girl, The Girls at the Back, Prison 77, Seventeen, Marshland, Smoke & Mirrors, Cousinhood, Unit 7) is an independent production company specialising in film and television. To date, its productions have earned 181 national awards, including 31 Goya Awards, and 77 international prizes.