Les Filles du dernier rang

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.

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!

Wooooww , I was not expecting this , this serie is absolute breathtaking. A perfect road movie about a group of girls seeking their fears , sorrows , joys , missed chances. It is a river of feelings and friendship with the background item of the cancer , but it is the excuse for explore the human condition in extreme situations from the woman´s point of view. This is not a serie of feminists , it is a lesson of life.

The director Daniel Sanchez did a superb job , photograp , music , editing , directing , everything works in every level , the actresses are extraordinary , the locations are beatiful and the movie pace is simply perfect.

Please don´t miss the chance of see this tv serie , you will not regreat it.

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.

It has been a long time since I have watched a show that was subtly smart. The Girls at the Back does not put up the airs to be smart, but it is. This is a smart show that stands in front of you, with full frontal nudity (pun intended) and yet manages to hide things from you. Yes, the frame is "one of them has cancer" and "they are getting to do their last wishes" but there is so much nuance weaved into their interpersonal relationships that turns this very basic premise into an intricate tale of human reckoning.

I am sure each person will connect with the story at a different level; getting nostalgic about your own friendships, getting melancholy about your last relationships, life and all of its unknowns, etc. This is the charm of a human interest story done well.

The story is not linear. It also is not conventional. But it is a glorious portrayal of a group of women who treat each other better than sisters, and go through life (cancer, and all but cancer) with unconditional love and regard.

I did not expect it to be this well done. But I was blown away.