A Primeira Vez

Season 1 trailer and cover photo caught my attention;

the plot, characters, casting, chemistry, sound/music, nostalgia, and cinematography reeled me in;

but it was the script, concept, and great writing that really cemented is as one of the BEST shows - specially on adolescence and philosophy.

Season 2 was even better than the first for me, though it was a close one. The character development was on point specially with the forward and backward development as it is in real life. I love that the characters actually act as kids their age and that adults act theirs too. The first half was like a preview of the first season plus much more, the second half was some sort of a sweet goodbye and a prologue for season 3..

I loved it and I'll definitely rewatch this a lot until the next season comes! Hopefully it wont disappoint.

The show wasn't perfect by all means, but it could be if you focus on all the great points and just enjoy it as it was presented.

P. S. I don't speak the language so I need english subtitles when I watch, so I hope they did a great job with translation.

I really like this series, is a smart one, with a cleaver way of using resources like BOOKS (and not any kind of books, but hard ones haha) to guide you through the story.

Is also not afraid of touching hard topics like suicide, kidnaping, and other things that even nowadays are hard to talk.

Can be a little frustrating at times with how the relation of the main characters develop, but it's like well managed by the voice in off of older Camilo, the protagonist

Is an interesting look and remembrance of the period of time that many of the millennials and beyond generations doesn't know really about.

One of the best shows if not the best I've seen in my life, the script, the photography and all the elements are just so good! The director and everyone involved in this show has a clear image of Colombia and how they want to portray it. I'm so happy and I'm so proud that there's a show like this. Funny dramatic and it's just fantastic! Everyone has to see it.

It's so well put together and it really shows Colombian culture in a nutshell. Well done! And I can't wait to see more of this show or more like this! It's definitely an 11/10.

It really shows how creative the director is by the camera angles and colours. It's so much fun. If you haven't watched it yet.. what are you waiting for?

THE GOOD: the cast is great, makes you love the characters or hate them, loved the scenery and clothing, the narrative based on literature is amazing, the social and political messages are well-delivered. Also, for a Colombian production, the art direction is innovative (current compared to international prod).

THE BAD: the quality of the narrative falls in the last episodes of season 1, as if the story was hurried. The last adventures were as if it was a cartoon series with a unconnected adventures each day.

THE CRITIQUES: contrary to other critiques, this series is not perfect or innovative, but it is a well-developped production in the Colombian (not Columbian) context, meaning, you can't compare it to US prod. On the other hand, Eva is not supposed to be a realistic character in the 70's, the purpose of this series is to deliver social messages, that's the creative part which doesn't affect negatively its quality.

The scenery and costumes are spectacular, they totally transport you to the 70's. The series touches on issues such as feminism and sexuality in a very organic way that is very innovative for the context of the time. However, sometimes the series fails because of its simplicity and the easy way in which problems are solved. In the same way, it can feel repetitive. The way in which he uses literature and philosophy as a tool to question the order of the time mixed with the history of Colombia and the context of the time makes it very interesting. The scenery and costumes are spectacular, they totally transport you to the 70's. The characters are very interesting and some of them are as complex as the case of the protagonist's mother. The series touches on issues such as feminism and sexuality in a very organic way that is very innovative for the context of the time. However, sometimes the series fails because of its simplicity and the easy way in which problems are solved. In the same way, it can feel repetitive. The way in which he uses literature and philosophy as a tool to question the order of the time mixed with the history of Colombia and the context of the time makes it very interesting.