Plot Synopsis

Based on a script by Alfredo Felix-Diaz, Victoria Orvananos, Natalia Quevedo, Alejandro Valenzuela, Jorge Michel Grau, and Venancio Villalobos, EVERY MINUTE COUNTS is a 10-episode thriller that takes place on a single day (September 19, 1985) when an 8.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Mexico City at 7:19am, causing one of the country's greatest tragedies. In the first hours, a doctor and his nurses become unexpected heroes as they work tirelessly to rescue those trapped beneath the General Hospital, a journalist reports on the disaster as she traverses the city, and a family attempts to reunite amidst the rubble. The first episode covers the earthquake and the short-term effects. Each subsequent episodes takes place during a single hour after the earthquake, beginning at 8am (episode 2) and continuing through the 4pm hour (episode 10). All 10 episodes of EVERY MINUTE COUNTS dropped on Friday, November 8, 2024 on Prime Video.