Girls from Ipanema

This is by far the best Netflix Brazilian show ever made, and not because of old Rio or Bossa Nova, but because of how it portraits women struggles in Brazil during those dark times,... their search for freedom and independence!!, how it also talks about racism and how hard were black women lives in domestic services... I've never seen these kind of stories in any Latin American soup opera. I just loved it, I felt so identified with the characters.

I love this show!!!!! The plot-sooo good basically it's about women breaking out of typical roles in 1950s Brazil but also the music and the characters and the setting works together so beautifully.

This show really charmed me. The visual appearance has a magic to it that goes beyond the beautiful people and the elegance of Old Rio. The music is captivating. The story arises organically from the characters who you actually begin to care about.

But they ruined the whole thing in episode 7. They traded in the charm of the original six episodes for hackneyed plot devices and in-your-face editing. The characters start to be moved around like game pieces instead of the story being derived from them. The ending is horribly cliche.

I don't know why companies choose to ruin good shows so badly, but the first six episodes are well worth the watch.

I hope they make a third season of this show, cause I really enjoyed the first two. It is a bit like "cable girls" but softer, musical and Portuguese spoken. The views of Rio de Janeiro and the music are wonderful.

Lovely second season! Deeper stories. It is like a trip to the past where women fought for their rights and aspirations.