Juliantina
2019
Original language: Spanish
- drama
The story
A spin-off for Juliana and Valentina from the Spanish soap opera, Amar a Muerte. Story of two girls with many differences such as social status and education, but that didn't stop them from being very good friends who ended up falling in love. With a surprising and nothing morbid interpretation the actresses gave voice and courage to many to express their feelings without fear. A love story that shows us that Love is Love.
What it’s like
Juliantina is a Mexican web series built around two young women, and its look is bright and unfussy: daylight interiors, bedrooms and cafés washed in warm, even light, with handheld-leaning camera work that stays close to faces during quiet confessions. The palette leans on soft pastels and school-day colours, and the sound is mostly dialogue, light pop and gentle incidental music, with little that tightens the nerves. It has the easy, open feel of a teen-leaning drama that trusts conversation over spectacle, and it suits a lazy afternoon, a comfort rewatch, or an evening when you want something warm and hopeful without hard edges. The pacing is brisk and episodic, the emotional register sincere and affectionate, and the central arc follows two friends with very different backgrounds slowly recognising their feelings for each other and deciding to say so. Violence is absent and cruelty minimal; the sharper moments are social pressure and family disapproval, handled without melodrama. It is for viewers who want a tender, plainspoken romance that treats coming out as a matter of courage and ordinary honesty.
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