4.734 minSeason 1 • Episode 6
LatestAs Gándara flees, Bautista infiltrates the prison, and Calancho makes a life-altering decision. Juan settles into a new kind of freedom.
Caught in a prison riot, a human rights lawyer poses as an inmate to survive. As he blends in, chaos and personal loss unveil the darkness within him.
Acting
Diego Calva's transformation from suit to shark.
Direction
Portela's suffocating long takes inside crumbling concrete.
Writing
Portela's adaptation weaponizes the 2009 Spanish original.
Creator
Gibrán Portela
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This Mexican remake relocates the 2009 Spanish original to contemporary Mexico, weaponizing real prison violence statistics that outpace fiction.
Diego Calva trained with actual former inmates for three months; Noé Hernández (Calancho) was previously incarcerated as a teenager.
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