Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Lovesick’ On Netflix, A Story About Revolution, Romance, And A Female Doctor In Early 1900s Mexico

In Netflix‘s new Mexican drama Lovesick, one of the first female Mexican doctors navigates a time period where revolution is in the air and a woman who expresses what she wants is still looked at with derision. LOVESICK: STREAM IT OR SKIP IT? Opening Shot: We see Emilia Sauri (Renata Vaca) mixing potions in the family apothecary, where she works for her father Diego (Miguel Rodarte). The Gist: Puebla, Mexico, 1910. It’s a time of revolution in Mexico, but Emilia is still working in a society where rich parents marry off their daughters to scions of wealthy families. When Daniel Cuenca (Juan Pablo Fuentes), whom she crushed on as a kid, returns to town, the sparks between them fly immediately, but she also buys into his position supporting a progressive presidential candidate against the lo