Land of Women
Land of Women (Spanish title Tierra de mujeres) is a six-episode comedy-drama television series for Apple TV+ starring Eva Longoria as Gala, a New York woman who flees with her mother and daughter to a wine town in northern Spain after her husband disappears owing money to dangerous criminals. It premiered globally on June 26, 2024, with two episodes, and new chapters followed weekly through the finale on July 24, 2024.1
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Format | Six-episode dramedy on Apple TV+, episodes titled "Chapter 1" through "Chapter 6"1 |
| Run | June 26 to July 24, 2024; first two episodes released together, then one per week1 |
| Source | Inspired by Sandra Barneda's novel La tierra de las mujeres2 |
| Creators | Ramón Campos, Gema R. Neira, and Paula Fernández; produced by Bambú Producciones and directed by Carlos Sedes2 |
| Lead cast | Eva Longoria (Gala), Carmen Maura (Julia), Victoria Bazúa (Kate), Santiago Cabrera (Amat)3 |
| Languages | Filmed in both English and Spanish and released in both languages; more than half the dialogue is in Spanish4 • 5 |
| Reception | 90% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer (21 reviews); Metascore 69 on Metacritic; 6.3/10 on IMDb6 • 7 |
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Premise
Gala (Eva Longoria) is a well-to-do New Yorker whose life is upended when her husband fails to repay a debt to the wrong people and disappears. With criminals searching for her family and her vanished husband, she leaves the city with her aging mother Julia (Carmen Maura) and teenage daughter Kate (Victoria Bazúa) for her mother's hometown in northern Spain, a place Julia fled 50 years earlier vowing never to return. The three women hope to remain anonymous, but gossip in the small wine town spreads quickly and unravels the family's deepest secrets.3 The Spanish-language Apple press materials place the town in Catalonia.8 A review in The Atlantic identifies Julia's fictional hometown as La Muga and reports that two hit men appear at the opening of Gala's wine shop to say her husband owes their boss $15 million.5
The series is a three-generation story: Gala, her mother, and her college-age daughter each carry separate secrets and separate business in the town, from Julia's estranged sister and the family house to Gala's entanglement with Amat (Santiago Cabrera), a brash but charming winery owner.9 • 10
Episodes
The six chapters aired weekly on Wednesdays. Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 premiered together on June 26, 2024; Chapter 3 on July 3; Chapter 4 on July 10; Chapter 5 on July 17; and the finale, Chapter 6, on July 24, in which an unexpected visit forces Gala to make the most important decision of her life.1 • 13
Production and language
The series was created by Ramón Campos, Gema R. Neira, and Paula Fernández, with Teresa Fernández-Valdés among the executive producers, and produced by Bambú Producciones for Apple TV+.2 • 6 Campos, co-founder of Bambú, developed the adaptation of Sandra Barneda's novel with Neira.11 Carlos Sedes directed four of the six episodes and Kenneth Biller the other two.12
Bilingual production. The show was filmed twice, in English and in Spanish, and made available in both languages simultaneously.4 For Longoria, who is bilingual but had not previously acted a lead role in Spanish on screen, working in Castilian Spanish opposite the Spanish actor Carmen Maura was a stated challenge; her own background is Mexican Spanish, learned in her mid-30s.4 • 5 Of the three lead characters, only Gala's mother is played by a Spanish actor, which produces varied speaking rhythms and pronunciations on screen.5
Cast
Eva Longoria stars as Gala Scott and also executive produces through her company UnbeliEVAble Entertainment.2 The principal cast includes Carmen Maura as Julia, Victoria Bazúa as Kate, Santiago Cabrera as Amat, Amaury Nolasco as Kevin, Jim Kitson as Hank, Gloria Muñoz as Mariona, Ariadna Gil as Montse, Pep Anton Muñoz as Andreu, and James Purefoy as Fred Scott, Gala's husband.10 • 12
Reception
Critics received the series favorably. On Rotten Tomatoes the season holds a 90% Tomatometer from 21 reviews, against a 43% audience Popcornmeter.6 Metacritic lists a Metascore of 69, "generally favorable," based on 15 critic reviews, with 12 positive and 3 mixed and none negative.7 IMDb users give it 6.3 out of 10 from about 3,100 votes.10 Reviewers highlighted the intergenerational dynamic among Longoria, Maura, and Bazúa, the show's escapist tone set in Spanish wine country, and Maura's performance in particular.14 • 9
Status
The series ran as a single six-episode season. Databases including TheTVDB and epguides list it as ended or canceled, and no second season has been announced by Apple TV+.12 • 15
References
- Apple's new dramedy "Land of Women" from Eva Longoria sets global premiere for June 26, Apple TV Press
- Land of Women — Official Trailer, Apple TV (YouTube)
- Land of Women, Apple TV Press
- Eva Longoria Discussed the Challenge of Filming "Land of Women" Twice, Laughing Place
- Eva Longoria's Escapist Charms, The Atlantic
- Land of Women, Rotten Tomatoes
- Land of Women Reviews, Metacritic
- Tierra de mujeres, Apple TV Press (ES)
- Land of Women review, The Guardian
- Land of Women, JustWatch
- Ramón Campos habla sobre 'Tierra de mujeres', El Confidencial
- Land of Women, TheTVDB
- Land of Women — Episodes & Images, Apple TV Press
- 'Land of Women' review, Los Angeles Times
- Land of Women, epguides
Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026
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