Apache: La vida de Carlos Tevez

I Love true stories and this is really one of my favourites. So mutch emotions and amazing performance of how reality actually can be today, in this world. Carlos Managed to Succed while growing in a dangerous city. Im trully happy for his succes in life. Carlos is a big role model for many people. Im Travelling in few weeks from Sweden to Argentina because I Always wanted to visit La Boca and I Had no idea that Buenos Aires had ghettos thats in this bad condition. It has trully opend my eyes after seeing the series. Only reason why I Gave 9 of 10 Because I Wanted to see More := ) Otherwise from me its 10/10.

I am not a believer in making television series without an athlete's career ending, either by mysticism or by cabal, but the Apache story deserves to be told. It deserves to be told because it presents the reality of a million children in Latin America, a reality that almost never appears in the news and that the government hides for its own benefit. The story was presented in a cruel way, which pays for the seriousness of the Apache story. Some will say "another story of a soccer player", but for me it is not "the story of another soccer player". I am Puerto Rican, and like millions of Latin Americans, I know what our countries are going through. This television series show us that part of Buenos Aires and Argentina that they don't put on television and in newspapers, which is poverty, social conflicts, problems with drugs, violence, among others. Therefore, every time I see this story of Tevez, it gives me sadness and joy at the same time. Happiness because Carlitos could get out of that hell where he lived, but sadness because of every 100 Carlitos, only 10 can leave where they are and only 1 can become what Carlitos is. Therefore, every time a Neymar, a Vinicius, a Tevez, a Ronaldinho, a Di María, a Cuadrado or an Alexis Sánchez manage to leave their country and reach Europe, it is an achievement for our Latin American countries. All those sacrifices that were made along the way suddenly seem forgotten, but they will always be there. Reminding you where you come from and where you are going.

It is a interesting story, that has a couple of needles final 2 chapters where the story becomes a bit of a caricature.

Even if you are not a soccer fan, you can watch it. I myself am not a huge fan of Carlos Tevez, and I was a sceptic before starting this show. Oh, my! The action keeps going, the show keeps you glued to the screen. And the chain of events is great, not too fast, not too slow. I would say the best part of the show is cinematography- the shabby buildings and clothes, poverty, gangs, they all depict the terrible conditions of poor hoods in S.America. The main actors did a great job here, too. A masterpiece, give it a try.

I am not very knowledgeable about soccer and had actually never heard of Carlos Tevez before I watched the series, but really enjoyed it. Portrays Telez' struggle to survive and succeed amidst the poverty, drugs and violence in the Fuerte Apache district of Buenos Aires. As someone familiar with Mexican Spanish, the language used in this series was full of colorful idioms and difficult to understand, but it fit the characters and setting. Great biographical story of family and community and soccer, although not that much soccer. One thing I didn't like: they kept repeating the same pan-shot of the Fuerte Apache about ten times each episode. Otherwise, yes this series has flaws but still highly recommend it.