Apache: La vida de Carlos Tevez

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.

"Apache" is an extraordinary mini series that retells the early life of footballer Carlos Tevez. How he got his burns on his body, the miserable poor life he went through with his family, the frightening moments at night and the moments he shined on the field and became a legend at boca. The series mostly focuses on the life he went through as a child with his family, how they lived in one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Argentina. This series shows an overview of the situation in Fuerte Apache and how the characters face the crime and violence in the streets. The story of Carlos Tevez is a really tragic one when you look at it in a certain point: he used to have a pretty normal daily basis, once the story advances things start to change in his life: his uncle gets shot, his family is in danger, his girlfriend leaves to a different city, he loses his best friend and faces his real mother who left him behind. Sure, he is accepted to Boca Juniors and then to the U-21 squad of Argentina's national football team. Be he grows up faster and becomes more mature, he faces many changes along the way. Now, of course the series needs to have a little more drama so they give the audience some action scenes, I'm pretty sure many of the characters shown are fictional and made only for dramatization. Either way their story is tragic as well: Danilo's arc was really emotional, from a young boy with a lot of potential in football to a boy who succumbs to drugs and revenge, such a tragic tale that is portrayed fabulously. All in all, Apache is a great series that shows how much life is unfair and complex. How people like Carlos Tevez needed to work hard to get out of their neighborhoods and leave a lot behind. I hope to see more series or movies such as this one who talk about football of course, but also tell a wonderful and heartbreaking story.

This was so enjoyable and interesting, I could easily ignore the not so good technical aspects of the series.

Even if I'm Argentinian, I didn't know much about the football star more than where he was from. I didn't know how much of a big hearted person he is, and having to endure such a childhood and coming up after becoming such a star as a humble, caring, loving person for whom humanitarian values are the most important his family taught him, is an absolute pleasure. I even watched interviews with the player after finishing the last 4 episodes (in a row) and it's really moving to see that there's still people that only want to help everyone be happy and safe, regardless their background.

I have to trust the depiction of the neighbourhood where he grew up, as you don't really go in there if you're Argentinian, but I can trust Carlos Tevez to have given an accurate insight of it, and it's shocking (maybe not so much for an Argentinian, sadly).

I found specially interesting to see how these humble people, some more aggressive and damaged than others, hold on for their families, sometimes in the sweetest ways, but can be absolute monsters when they go out to "work" or settling issues with other inhabitants of the neighbourhood. The ones that want to live a decent, lawful life have to suffer their surroundings, but almost accept it as what's normal, rejecting the law's enforcement (which, I know, can be even more violent, sometimes).

It's heart warming to know Carlos made it through all this and he's still loved and admired by everyone. It's the pure example that integrity can be kept in the most hostile environments and it can pay up, with a little bit of luck (Tevez had it all, ultimately).

And it's heart breaking to see how many don't make it, and how much they suffer and how badly they end. In this story, Danilo is one of those, and the real story of the person who's based on is not exactly the same but equally sad (I'll add it on the trivia of this movie).

On the technical side, there could be some polish on the writing, some performances on certain intense scenes could be better, and the cinematography at moments felt a bit amateurish trying to light too much scenes that could have looked better with a natural lighting (nothing serious at all, I'm being very technical here).

The CGI used for the last scene has to be overlooked, the production obviously didn't have the budget do do better, but it really looks quite bad.

Acceptable flaws if you're up to appreciate the story of this amazing person.

Now I feel like I really admire Carlos Tevez, in his simplicity, he has so much to teach to all of us.

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

Let me start by saying, I am Italian, I was born not far from the San Paolo Stadium in Napoli, where my greatest player of all time played...Diego Armando Maradona but I am the biggest Juventus Fan and I loved when Carlos Tévez joined us....I absolutely love him as a player.

So when I read an article about (Apache: La vida de Carlos Tevez). I could not wait to sit down and watch the grim rise of Carlos from Fuerte Apache, one of Buenos Aires's most dangerous, drug fueled neighborhoods. And Carlos through almost naive understanding of his surroundings, somehow managed to stay away from stray bullets, drugs and crime. He followed his passion to play football.

The performances are mesmerizing none more than from Balthazar Murillo, what a find, at times looking at both Carlo and Balthazar there are a lot similarities........