Perfect Life (TV series)

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Perfect Life
SpanishVida perfecta
Genre
Created by Leticia Dolera
Written by
Directed by
Starring
Country of originSpain
Original languageSpanish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes14
Production
Running time25 min (approx.)
Production companies
Original release
Network Movistar+
Release18 October 2019 (2019-10-18) –
19 November 2021 (2021-11-19)

Perfect Life (Spanish: Vida perfecta) is a Spanish comedy television series, created by Leticia Dolera for Movistar+. The first season was fully released on the latter platform on 19 October 2019, whereas the second and last season was released on 19 November 2021. [1]

Contents

Premise

The fiction follows three women in their thirties: Cris, Esther and María, facing different life situations and eventually coming to rethink their pre-established ideas. [2] [3]

Cast

Leads
Other

Production and release

Created by Leticia Dolera, the series was written by Dolera together with Manuel Burque, whereas it was directed by Dolera together with Ginesta Guindal and Elena Martín. [6] It was co-produced by Movistar+ and Corte y Confección de Películas. [2] The decision to remove actress Aina Clotet from the cast due to her pregnancy generated controversy and public scrutiny. [7]

The first season, consisting of 8 episodes with a running time of about 25 minutes was fully released on Movistar+ on 18 October 2019. [3] The production of a second season was subsequently announced in December 2019. [3] In January 2021, HBO Max reached an agreement with Movistar+ to release the first season in the United States as well as to join the set of production companies of season 2, whose filming had ended by that time. [8] [9] [10] Consisting of 6 episodes, season 2 was directed by Dolera together with Lucía Alemany  [ ca ] and Irene Moray  [ es ]. [1]

The first episode of season 2 was presented at the Iberseries Platino Industria festival in September 2021. [11] The release date for the full final season (19 November 2021) was also announced. [12]

SeriesEpisodesOriginally airedRef.
First airedLast airedNetwork
1818 October 2019 (2019-10-18) Movistar+ [13]
2619 November 2021 (2021-11-19) Movistar+/HBO Max [12]
No. in
season		TitleOriginal air date
1"Cuando no te dejas llevar"18 October 2019 (2019-10-18)
2"Cuando nada es lo que parece"18 October 2019 (2019-10-18)
3"Cuando tomas un camino inesperado"18 October 2019 (2019-10-18)
4"Cuando te confiesas con tus padres"18 October 2019 (2019-10-18)
5"Cuando quieres y no puedes"18 October 2019 (2019-10-18)
6"Cuando no quieres estar sola"18 October 2019 (2019-10-18)
7"Cuando todo se derrumba"18 October 2019 (2019-10-18)
8"Cuando te dejas llevar"18 October 2019 (2019-10-18)

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNomineesResultRef.
2020 7th Feroz Awards Best Comedy SeriesWon [14]
Best Lead Actress in a TV SeriesLeticia DoleraNominated
Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series Enric Auquer Won
Best Supporting Actress in a TV series Celia Freijeiro Nominated
Aixa Villagrán Nominated
7th Platino Awards Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV seriesLeticia DoleraNominated [15]
70th Fotogramas de Plata Best Spanish TV Series (according to readers)Won [16]
20218th MiM Series Awards  [ es ]Best Comedy SeriesNominated [17]
Best ScreenplayLeticia Dolera and Manuel BurqueWon
Best Comedy ActorEnric AuquerWon
Best Comedy ActressAixa VillagránWon

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