This nr.1 thriller is super sexy and wants to be seen

Now that it has suddenly become a lot colder outside, we need to get warmth from somewhere else. Preferably by crawling under the sheets in the evening with a movie that raises the temperature in the bedroom within minutes. The whole internet knows which one you should have, so we'll keep it short: Netflix's new spicy thriller Deseo is number one and we understand why. This is steamy and flirty with just enough danger to make it even more exciting.

What is Deseo, a.k.a desire in Spanish, about?

In the Mexican-Spanish thriller, we follow Lucero, a successful lawyer who seems to have everything together at first glance. She lives with her family in a beautiful house, has a dream man and two children. And yet she feels increasingly empty inside. The life that should be perfect hasn't felt that way for a while. Yes, she can buy whatever she wants, but there is so much more she would like to see and do. At the moment she doesn't know anymore, Matías appears. He is young, handsome and (not entirely unimportant) the new swim coach of her teenage daughter. What starts with forbidden glances by the pool and hands that touch each other just a little too long, ends in a secret and passionate affair. An affair that puts not only her marriage at risk but also her entire family. Because her daughter Viviana? She also starts to like Matías.

An affair is so wrong, but so hot

Of course, we all know that cheating in real life is wrong. It may be sexy, but it's mostly painful and destructive. Yet it grabs our attention time and again as soon as it appears on the big screen. Apparently, we humans are incredibly interested in everything that is forbidden. The forbidden fruit, gossiping about others, eating a cookie right after exercising – doing it secretly gives us so much adrenaline that you get hooked. And that also happens when you see an affair. Precisely because we know that the characters are crossing the line, you want to keep watching to see how far they go and when everything eventually explodes.

The affair between Lucero and Matías has exactly that tension. You know from the start that they have to stop. She knows it has to stop and probably the young swim teacher knows that this isn't the best idea of his life either. But yes, put two attractive people by a pool, let them look at each other a little too long and then try to stay sensible. It's all those secret moments before they really touch each other that keep you in their grip. The glances, getting a little too close when they talk, walking so close that their arms touch. And I haven't even mentioned the moments when they give in and everything becomes more dangerous. The idea that anyone could walk in at any moment to catch them gives them the adrenaline boost that pushes the couple to continue. We humans find this so amazing that you almost forget to breathe.

This is your excuse to daydream

A movie that has been number one in the top ten all weekend must be good. Right? Certainly. But there are also more arguments than just ‘this movie is popular’ that indicate why you want to dedicate your evening to this. First of all, the movie is so sensual and exciting that after watching the trailer, you almost want to call in sick to go watch it right away. The film is full of heated scenes that build slowly. You're not just watching an affair; you are really drawn into it. Secondly, it's certainly not unpleasant to watch Oscar Casas, who plays Matías. Sometimes he only needs to walk out of the pool to move the story forward. And I seize every excuse to daydream about a vacation to Mexico City.

Use this movie like I do as an excuse to plan your new vacation. No one needs to know that you want to see that affair. Right? Exactly. Grab your Spanish dictionary and get ready, because this movie? We're going to watch it now.