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Cometierra Premieres on Prime Video, A Magical-Realist Thriller About Mexico’s Disappearances

The drama uses magical realism to confront a regional crisis of disappearances.

Overview

  • Prime Video launches the seven-episode first season today, October 31, 2025.
  • Aylín, a teenager from the outskirts of Mexico City, discovers visions of missing people when she eats earth and learns to use that power with help from those around her.
  • Lilith Curiel leads the cast as Aylín, with Yalitza Aparicio returning to acting as the teacher Emma, alongside Mabel Cadena, Gerardo Taracena and Harold Torres.
  • Created by Daniel Burman and directed by Burman, Martín Hodara and Cris Gris, the series is a co‑production from Amazon MGM Studios, The MediaPro Studio, Oficina Burman, Exile Content Studio and Cimarrón.
  • The show situates its fiction within an ongoing emergency, with reporting citing 513 feminicides in Mexico from January to July 2025 and an estimated 134,000 missing persons, and features a title song by Natalia Lafourcade.