La primera vez

As someone who was at High School in the 70's , I really enjoyed this coming of age series. I liked the way a book was referenced in each episode, different & quite clever.

I enjoyed seeing the Colombian perspective , the historical storylines.

The only negative for me was the two main romantic characters just occasionally irritating me and poor Camillo's father who had quite a tough time for all 3 Seasons. Otherwise I would have given it a 10.

A lovely charming ensemble drama/comedy, some genuine heartfelt moments , a very lovely tv series to watch if you just wanted a pleasant escape from everyday life. Thoroughly enjoyable.

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?

Wow! This is a Latinamerican great realize. Maybe it's not a new story about teenagers falling in love and boys getting into troubles. But the story is continuously funny, unspected, lovely, and specially spontaneous.

Every character has been created like a real picture of a teenager. And everyone has been acted naturally and charmingly. Camilo is my favourite, obviously. What a plausible performance of Emmanuel Restrepo. Every body posture, every voice tone, every blinking was in the right moment, in the right line.

Congratulations for an amazing production recreating retro scenarios, bringing back fashion designs, automobiles, even social rules that today are questioned.

Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!

PS I want one or tow seasons more.

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.

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.