Luimelia

The correct title of this article is #Luimelia. The omission of the # is due to technical restrictions.

#Luimelia
Genre	Romance
Created by	Camino Sánchez Borja González Santaolalla Diana Rojo
Directed by	Borja González Santaolalla
Starring	Paula Usero Carol Rovira
Country of origin	Spain
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producers	Montse García Francisco Sierra Lucía Alonso-Allende Ignacio García Alonso
Running time	c. 10 min (S. 1–3) c. 30 min (S. 4)
Production companies	Atresmedia TV Diagonal TV  [ es ]
Original release
Network	Atresplayer Premium
Release	14 February 2020 (2020-02-14)
Related
Amar es para siempre

#Luimelia is a Spanish lesbian romance television series starring Paula Usero and Carol Rovira. It began airing on Atresplayer Premium on 14 February 2020.

Premise

#Luimelia is a spin-off of the period serial drama Amar es para siempre . It rescues two iconic characters, the lesbian couple formed by Luisita and Amelia, and transfers them forward from the late 1970s to current day, while being played by the same actresses. ^[1] The project was driven by the strong momentum of fandom's shipping behind the two characters in the period drama series. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Cast

Starring

• Paula Usero as Luisita Gómez. ^[5]
• Carol Rovira as Amelia Ledesma. ^[5]

Other

• Lucía Martín Abello  [ es ] as María. ^[6]
• Jonás Berami  [ es ] as Ignacio. ^[6]
• Lena Fernández  [ es ] as Maruxa. ^[6]
• Laura Sánchez as Pepa. ^[7]
• Luz Valdenebro  [ es ] as Lucía. ^[8]
• Lucía Jiménez as Aurelia. ^[8]
• Roi Méndez as Sergi ^[9]
• Francesco Carril  [ d ] ^[10]
• Ariana Martínez ^[10]
• Javier Botet ^[10]

Production and release

#Luimelia is based on an original idea by Camino Sánchez, Borja González Santaolalla and Diana Rojo. ^[11] Produced by Atresmedia and Diagonal TV, the filming of the series began in Madrid by November 2019. ^[12] Montse García, Francisco Sierra, Lucía Alonso-Allende and Ignacio García Alonso were credited as executive producers and Borja González Santaolalla as director. ^[11] The first season premiered on Atresplayer Premium on 14 February 2020. ^[13] The second season began airing on 16 August 2020, ^[14] whereas the third season began airing on 17 January 2021. ^[15] Consisting of 8 episodes, ^[10] season 4 features an extended running time of around 30 minutes per episode. ^[16] Its premiere date is slated for 25 July 2021. ^[16]

Season	Episodes		Originally released			Ref.
			First released	Last released	Network
1	6		14 February 2020 (2020-02-14)	15 March 2020 (2020-03-15)	Atresplayer Premium	[17] [18]
2	6		16 August 2020 (2020-08-16)	20 September 2020 (2020-09-20)		[17] [19]
3	6		17 January 2021 (2021-01-17)	21 February 2021 (2021-02-21)		[20] [19]
4	8		25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)	12 September 2021 (2021-09-12)		[21] [22] [23]

Season 1

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
1	1	"Luisita y Amelia"	14 February 2020 (2020-02-14)
2	2	"Primera Cita"	16 February 2020 (2020-02-16)
3	3	"#Lurelia"	23 February 2020 (2020-02-23)
4	4	"Nosotres"	1 March 2020 (2020-03-01)
5	5	"Ana, Sergi y el Rey León"	8 January 2020 (2020-01-08)
6	6	"Naranjas"	15 March 2020 (2020-03-15)

Season 2

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
7	1	"Luisita y Amelia 2"	16 August 2020 (2020-08-16)
8	2	"Improesía"	23 August 2020 (2020-08-23)
9	3	"#BoicotLurelia"	30 August 2020 (2020-08-30)
10	4	"Kamchatka"	6 September 2020 (2020-09-06)
11	5	"Madrid"	13 September 2020 (2020-09-13)
12	6	"Algo pasa con Mary"	20 September 2020 (2020-09-20)

Season 3

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
13	1	"La vecina indiscreta"	17 January 2021 (2021-01-17)
14	2	"Sarajebo"	24 January 2021 (2021-01-24)
15	3	"El tercero de la tercera"	31 January 2021 (2021-01-31)
16	4	"Yo nunca"	7 February 2021 (2021-02-07)
17	5	"Ventanas"	14 February 2021 (2021-02-14)
18	6	"Ukelele y guitarra"	21 February 2021 (2021-02-21)

Season 4

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
19	1	"La teoría del caos"	25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
20	2	"Adiós Federico"	1 August 2021 (2021-08-01)
21	3	"La maniobra Hogan"	8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)
22	4	"La gran conjunción"	15 August 2021 (2021-08-15)
23	5	"Hasta luego, Mari Carmen"	22 August 2021 (2021-08-22)
24	6	"Asteroide Z"	29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)
25	7	"Principio de incertidumbre"	5 September 2021 (2021-09-05)
26	8	"Multiverso"	12 September 2021 (2021-09-12)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2020	4th PRODU Awards  [ es ]	Best Short Series		Won	[24]
2021	32nd GLAAD Media Awards	Outstanding Spanish-Language Scripted Television Series		Nominated	[25]
2022	33rd GLAAD Media Awards			Nominated	[26]

References

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4. Pizarro, Miguel Ángel (16 August 2020). "'#Luimelia Dos': Desmitificando el amor". ecartelera.
5. Guerra, Andrés (15 August 2020). "Carol Rovira: "La homosexualidad es completamente natural y debería trabajarse en las escuelas"". La Vanguardia .
6. ""##Luimelia", la "esperada" serie de los seguidores de "Amar es para siempre"". La Vanguardia . 11 February 2020.
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9. "'Luimelia' ficha a Roi Méndez para un papel destacado en su cuarta temporada". Vertele!. eldiario.es. 25 March 2021.
10. Rosado, Juan Carlos (15 April 2021). "Atresmedia comienza a rodar la cuarta temporada de '#Luimelia'". El Periódico .
11. "Atresmedia seguirá contando la historia de Luimelia: renueva el spin-off por dos temporadas más". Vertele!. eldiario.es. 11 March 2020.
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16. Taibo, Marieta (6 July 2021). "'#Luimelia': ya está la fecha de estreno para la temporada 4". Cosmopolitan .
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