Santita, a new Mexican romantic dramedy on Netflix, poses an interesting question: Can a person reconnect with the love of her life after her life changed so much that she decided to leave him years ago? It’s the story of a doctor, paralyzed in an accident years prior, who is thrown for an emotional loop when the man she left at the altar comes back into her life.
SANTITA: STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?
Opening Shot: A woman roller skates in a dreamlike state as Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love” plays. Then she sees a familiar person, holding flowers, and she falls to the ground. The woman wakes up from the dream and says “Holy shit.” She’s lying on her couch next to her wheelchair.
The Gist: María José Cano (Paulina Dávila) is an OB/GYN that has her own clinic in Tijuana; she’s been paralyzed from the waist down since
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