How to Survive Being Single
2020
Original language: Spanish
- comedy
- drama
The story
Sebastián, an actor known for just one role he played years ago, is about to get engaged, but life has other plans for him. Just when his life seemed to be all mapped out, he is thrown back in the fold with his long time friends who are bad at relationships. All of the sudden, he goes back to the life he left almost 10 years ago: being single.
What it’s like
Bright, quick-cut Mexican sitcom energy with a sun-warmed, apartment-and-street look: daylight interiors, cluttered flats, bars with warm practical lamps, and handheld, close-in framing that keeps the actors' faces near the lens. The mood is breezy and a little scruffy, a comedy that sits comfortably in the everyday rather than chasing gloss. Its tone swings between romcom banter and softer family-drama beats, so a scene of friends bickering over dinner can slide into a quieter conversation about parents or old regrets without much warning. The pacing is brisk, episodes that feel like an easy hour of wit, with the occasional sincere pause. Sexual content and public-sex jokes appear regularly and are played for awkward laughs rather than explicit detail; violence is essentially absent, and the stakes stay emotional and low. Arcs follow a man re-learning how to be unattached and how to be honest about what he wants, alongside friends who are equally messy in love. It suits a lazy weekend binge, background laughter while cooking, or a comfort watch for people who like flawed, talkative characters and don't mind frank jokes about sex.
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