The Mess You Leave Behind
The Mess You Leave Behind is a Spanish thriller drama television limited series created by Carlos Montero for Netflix, based on his novel of the same name. The series, starring Inma Cuesta and Bárbara Lennie, tracks a literature teacher who takes a substitute teaching position in a small fictional town in rural Galicia and learns that her predecessor died mysteriously.
The series premiered on 11 December 2020 on Netflix.
Main cast
- Inma Cuesta as Raquel Valero, a new literature teacher
- Bárbara Lennie as Elvira Ferreiro Martínez "Viruca", the old literature teacher who died under mysterious circumstances
- Tamar Novas as Germán Araujo, Raquel's drug-addicted husband
- Arón Piper as Iago Nogueira, a hotheaded student with a close relationship with Viruca
- Roberto Enríquez as Mauro Muñiz, Viruca's ex-husband
- Roque Ruiz as Roi Fernández, a friend of Iago's with a secret crush
- Isabel Garrido as Nerea Casado, another friend of Iago with a polarised relationship with Viruca
- Fede Pérez as Demetrio Araujo, Germán's brother
- Alfonso Agra as Tomás Nogueira, Iago's abusive father with criminal connections
- Susana Dans as Marga, the school principal
- Xavier Estévez as Ramón, another teacher at the school
- Eduardo Rosa as Simòn, a friend of Germán with whom Raquel had a three-month affair.
- Xosé Touriñán as Gabriel Acevedo, a friend of Germán
- Maria Tasende as Iria, the school's English teacher
- María Costas as Claudia, Germán's mother
- Abril Zamora as Tere, Raquel's old friend
- Ana Santos as Concha, a bartender