‘Lovesick’ On Netflix, Everything To Know About Release Date, Trailer, Cast And Plot

Netflix is preparing to premiere a sweeping period romance that has been years in the making. ‘Lovesick’, also known as ‘Mal de Amores’, is a Mexican period drama starring Renata Vaca, Juan Pablo Fuentes, and Iván Amozurrutia, arriving on the streamer in September 2026.

The series adapts the novel of the same name by Mexican writer Ángeles Mastretta, with the project directed by her daughter, Catalina Aguilar Mastretta. For readers who have followed the source material for nearly three decades, the arrival of a full television adaptation marks a significant moment, and the streaming giant has been steadily building anticipation with trailers, posters, and cast reveals throughout the summer.

‘Lovesick’ Netflix Release Date

‘Lovesick’ is confirmed to arrive on Netflix globally on September 2, 2026. The series will consist of seven episodes, all of which are expected to be released at once.

The show has had a lengthy road to the screen. Netflix confirmed back in April 2025 that production on ‘Lovesick’ had wrapped, with the project described as a long-awaited adaptation directed by Mastretta’s daughter. The series was filmed entirely in Puebla, Mexico, with an ambitious recreation of the Mexican Revolution built into the production design.

Filming also took place across Puebla, San Luis Potosí, and Mexico City, with production handled by Filmadora, which set out to recreate early twentieth century Mexico before the outbreak of the Revolution. That level of location work suggests the series is aiming for a grounded, immersive sense of period detail rather than a stylized backdrop.

‘Lovesick’ Trailer

An official trailer for ‘Lovesick’ has already been released ahead of the premiere. The footage leans into the emotional stakes of the story, opening with a voiceover that frames the series as the story of a country’s awakening intertwined with the awakening of one woman’s heart.

Netflix shared the preview in early August, and the brief look at the production generated visible excitement among viewers, largely because it captures Emilia Sauri’s fight for freedom and independence set against a backdrop of gender prejudice and political conflict during the Mexican Revolution. The trailer’s release was paired with an official poster, giving fans their clearest look yet at the show’s visual style and tone.

‘Lovesick’ Cast

The cast of ‘Lovesick’ includes Renata Vaca, Juan Pablo Fuentes, Iván Amozurrutia, Cassandra Ciangherotti, Diana Bovio, Miguel Rodarte, Juan Pablo Medina, Humberto Zurita, Sofía Carrera, and Alejandro Puente.

Vaca, a Mexican actress born in 1999, began her career in television with ‘Rosario Tijeras’ and ‘La Reina Soy Yo’ in 2019, before going on to appear in ‘Saw X’ and the miniseries ‘Familia de Medianoche.’ Juan Pablo Fuentes previously starred as Lucas in the Netflix series ‘Bandidos’ and as Tomás Durán in ‘Pact of Silence,’ and has also appeared in ‘Isla Brava,’ ‘The Talent,’ and ‘Untamed Royals.’

Iván Amozurrutia has appeared in a handful of Netflix dramas, including ‘The Manny,’ ‘Fake Profile,’ ‘Dark Desire,’ and ‘The Five Juanas.’ Juan Pablo Medina, known for ‘La Casa de las Flores,’ plays Rivadeneira, a man closely tied to the Mexican Revolution, while Alejandro Puente, who appeared in ‘Celda 211,’ plays Salvador Cuenca, the brother of the male lead Daniel.

‘Lovesick’ Plot

The story follows Emilia Sauri, a young woman from Puebla with an unconventional passion for her era, medicine. Raised in a liberal family, she challenges the norms of her time by wanting to study medicine and pursue her vocation, and her life becomes intertwined with two significant loves, the revolutionary Daniel Cuenca and Antonio Zavalza, a doctor who represents stability and peace.

Daniel Cuenca, an adventurer and revolutionary, represents passion and movement and a connection to Emilia that began in childhood, while Antonio Zavalza, a doctor and man of science, embodies a different possibility built on calm and stability amid chaos. The novel that inspired the series was published in 1996 by Ángeles Mastretta, a writer and journalist from Puebla, and it went on to win the Rómulo Gallegos Prize the following year, making Mastretta the first woman to receive that honor, with the book later translated into more than seven languages.

The narrative combines romance, politics, and history, centering on a liberal family from Puebla during the Porfirio Díaz dictatorship, the armed uprising of 1910, and the power struggles that followed the Mexican Revolution. Beyond the romantic triangle at its center, the series positions Emilia’s professional ambitions and desire for independence as the real engine of her story, set against a country in the middle of profound political transformation.

Readers who grew up with Mastretta’s novel and newcomers discovering Emilia Sauri’s story for the first time both have reason to watch closely when ‘Lovesick’ arrives on Netflix, and it will be worth hearing which of Emilia’s two loves audiences find themselves rooting for once the series drops on September 2.