Aramide Tinubu A six-part adaptation of award-winning author Sandra Barneda’s bestselling novel of the same name on Apple TV+, “Land of Women” follows Gala Scott (Eva Longoria), a New York socialite whose world is turned upside down when her husband abandons her and the life they’ve built together in order to avoid paying a massive debt.
With limited funds and resources, Gala rounds up her eccentric mother, Julia (Carmen Maura) and her 17-year-old daughter, Kate (Victoria Bazua), to hide out in La Muga, Julia’s tiny hometown in Northern Spain.
Gala hopes to stay hidden from her husband’s creditors in the small town. However, Julia’s salacious past unearths decades-long secrets that have ramifications for the trio, and for La Muga’s residents.
A typical Hallmark-like narrative about a city gal who moves to a small town and ruffles some feathers before finding a place for herself, “Land of Women” would work much better as a 90-minute film.
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