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I don't often watch Spanish movies or series, even if I'm European. But I'm glad that I made an exception.

Because this was one of these rare unexpected diamonds that exploded in light and warmth and joy and humanity and emotions. It might touch the limit of sugar, but those 5 charming actors makes it edible and loveable, so you have to surrender yourself.

5 beautiful women spending some days at the see on a vacation, on a sad background, but with each other to help stepping several steps forward and cross borders that needs to be crossed.

There is some nice Spanish touch here, some the time does sometime jump back and forth in mysterious ways, the sun is always shining and colors are bright and saturated. I'm not an expert, but I think I see an inheritance from Pedro Almodóvar here.

This is most of all a series on friendships, and finding ways to move on with your life.

So now, go and watch it for yourself!

Unfortunately, I managed to watch only 2 episodes and I have decided do not watch anymore. It supposed to be comedy, but it's not, because cancer is involved.

There's also one problem- two actresses are very similar in appearance and it's confusing.

You have to be very focused on whats going on, because it's episodes from now and past.

I feel, that there were too many characters. Too much talking. Too much noise. As I said, I lost interest at the end of episode 2 and I don't think I'll continue to watch it.

And I don't understand why I have to write 600 characters, when there is nothing to write about.

I felt like I wasted my time with these series.

I've watched quite a lot of Spanish language series as I'm trying to learn the lingo and it fits in great with me doing half an hour to 45 minutes on my rowing machine in the evening. This is one of my favourites, in fact probably up there with Entrevias. The acting and direction is superb, the locations are lovely- and it's great that the filter on the camera's actually lets the sun through. This had me actually having to stop occasionally my rower cos I was laughing. But the emotion in all of this is based on their friendship and that one of them has cancer. People who have cancer can still laugh along with their friends, it can help. I rarely watch a series/film twice whether in English or Spanish. I've just watched this for the second time and enjoyed it as much as the first.

Without reading anything or having heard of this series I just started watching. This Spanish series is really sweet, funny, well acted and beautifully filmed. The colors and the scenery are beautiful. The theme is just original, with five friends from school, all having shaved their heads because one of them has cancer, going on a vacation. (I am currently at episode 4 and I still don't know who has cancer, but I have grown to like them all so much, that the idea makes me sad already.) They all look so beautiful with their short hair that it made me question how my hair would look if I shaved it.

They have a little box with secret wishes, everyone wrote one. Something they always wanted to do, but never had the nerve to. And this time as a group everyone is going to do it. With the five different characters this creates hilarious situations. This series makes me smile so much, but at the same time it's sweet and vulnerable. I just love it.

For me this is a real jewel, touching, different, very well acted, sensacional music, soooo many issues to deal with. You can even identify with each one of the girls. I really wish there were friends like those ones at the show.

I liked the honesty, the idea of pieces of papers in the little box, and how serious they deal with the "mision" to do.

The importance of friendship, of understanding, of listening to each other and share not only the good moments, BE THERE for each other.

I must say that also the "image" of the men in the show were very fine, the husbands,boyfriends and so on. Go for it!!