Vida (TV series)
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Vida |
| Original title | Vida |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 2018-2020 |
| Production company |
Big Beach, Chingona Productions |
| length | 31-40 minutes |
| Episodes | 22 in 3 seasons |
| genre | drama |
| idea | Tanya Saracho |
| production | Chrisann Verges, Jenniffer Gómez, Jamie Vega Wheeler |
| music | Germaine Franco |
| Initial release | May 6, 2018 on Starz |
First publication in German |
June 2, 2018 on StarzPlay |
| occupation | |
Vida is an American television series that premiered on May 6, 2018 on the pay-TV channel Starz . It was from the short story Pour Vida by American writer Richard Villegas Jr. inspired.
On June 12, 2018, Starz announced that it had ordered a second season, the start date of which was set for May 23, 2019. The season is also to be published as video-on-demand .
Five days after the second season was broadcast, Starz announced that the series would continue. The third season, which according to the broadcaster will also be the last, celebrated its premiere on April 26, 2020.
action
season 1
Emma and Lyn Hernandez are two sisters from Los Angeles with Mexican roots. The two hadn't seen each other for a while when they received news of the death of their mother Vidalia (who was mostly just called Vida). They go to their former home, which is in the Boyle Heights neighborhood . Emma feels uncomfortable at Vida's memorial service, while her sister is happy to see her childhood sweetheart Johnny again. In the church, Emma and Lyn meet a young woman named Cruz and Vidalia's roommate Eddy. When Johnny mentions that Eddy was actually Vida's wife, Emma gets angry, which Lyn cannot understand. In addition, Vida has ordered in her will that 30 percent of the ownership rights to her bar will be bequeathed to Eddy, while Emma and Lyn are to split the remaining 70 between them. The two agree to sell the bar, but encounter resistance from Eddy.
When Emma learns that there is a practically priceless mortgage approved by a loan shark on the bar , she gets into an argument with Eddy, who knew about the financial problems of her deceased partner, but also did not sell the bar because of her memories of the time with Vida would like to. In addition to her mother's money problems, Emma is also preoccupied with her own sexuality, of which she is not sure. After dating a non-binary person, she befriends Cruz. They fall in love, but when they try to have sex for the first time, Emma suffers a panic attack and reveals that Vida hid her own homosexuality behind a homophobic facade. Therefore, in her childhood, she sent Emma to a strict, conservative aunt in Texas , because she sensed her daughter's sexual orientation and wanted to prevent it.
Meanwhile, Lyn and Johnny, who is engaged and will soon be a father, have an affair with each other. His sister Marisol betrays them to Karla, Johnny's partner. After Johnny ends their relationship, Lyn meets a rich man who invites her to a party in the Hollywood Hills . There she deals with her origins for the first time in a long time, since the housekeeper is a Latina like her and is insulted by her superior because of this.
Marisol is approached by her crush Tlaloc after a meeting of anti- gentrification activists she often goes to. He persuades her to give him oral satisfaction, which he secretly films, and he later sends the video to the entire neighborhood.
production
According to showrunner Tanya Saracho , the people in charge at Starz commissioned a series that would deal with so-called gentefication , i.e. gentrification in Latin American neighborhoods. That is why Saracho, who was born in Mexico herself , put together an (almost entirely female) team of authors for Vida , in which all those involved have a Latin American background. In addition, women with these same roots were hired as casting directors, composers and film editors.
The LGBT representation was Saracho's proposal, identifying as queer .
Spanglish is often spoken in the series, and this mixture of English and Spanish can also be found in many of the plays written by Saracho. The code-switching , i.e. the change of languages within the sentences, which the characters often do, is often found in Americans with a Latin American background, including Saracho himself, who grew up in Texas .
occupation
The series was synchronized by Film- & Fernseh-Synchron based on dialogue books by Klaus Hüttmann and Änne Troester, directed by Hüttmann.
main characters
| role | actor | Main role | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyn Hernandez | Melissa Barrera | 1.01-3.06 |
Kaya Marie Möller (Season 1)
Patrizia Carlucci (from season 2) |
| Emma Hernandez | Mishel Prada | 1.01-3.06 | Antje von der Ahe |
| Eddy Martínez | Ser Anzoategui | 1.01-3.06 | Almut Zydra |
| Marisol Sanchez | Chelsea Rendon | 1.01-3.06 | Maximiliane Häcke |
| Johnny Sanchez | Carlos Miranda | 1.01-3.06 | Jacob Weigert |
| Cruz | Maria Elena Laas | 1.01-2.03 | Katrin Zimmermann |
| Nico | Roberta Colindrez | 2.03-3-06 | Manja Doering |
Minor characters
| role | actor | Supporting role | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doña magnifying glass | Elena Campbell-Martínez | 1.01-3.06 | Karin Grüger |
| Tlaloc Medina | Ramses Jimenez | 1.02-2.07 | Max fields |
| Nelson Herrera | Luis Bordonada | 1.01-3.06 | Jesco Wirthgen |
| Yoli | Elizabeth De Razzo | 1.03-3.04 | Ronja Peters |
| Doña Tita | Renée Victor | 1.03, 1.05, 2.03-2.04 | Kornelia buoy |
| Rocky | Adelina Anthony | 1.01-3.05 | Dana Friedrich |
| Karla | Erika Soto | 1.01-3.05 | Marie-Isabel Walke |
| Lucky / Femme | Vanessa Giselle | 1.06, 2.01 | |
| Baco | Raúl Castillo | 2.02, 2.04, 2.09-2.10 | Michael Deffert |
| Rudy | Adrian Gonzalez | 2.03-3.06 | Matthias Deutelmoser |
Episode list
season 1
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Episode 1 | Episode 1 | May 6, 2018 | 2nd June 2018 | Alonso Ruizpalacios | Tanya Saracho |
| 2 | 2 | Episode 2 | Episode 2 | May 13, 2018 | 2nd June 2018 | So Yong Kim | Tanya Saracho & Santa Sierra |
| 3 | 3 | Episode 3 | Episode 3 | 20th May 2018 | 2nd June 2018 | Rashaad Ernesto Green | Evangeline Ordaz |
| 4th | 4th | Episode 4 | Episode 4 | May 27, 2018 | 2nd June 2018 | Rose Troche | Chelsey Lora |
| 5 | 5 | Episode 5 | Episode 5 | 3rd June 2018 | 4th June 2018 | Catalina Aguilar Mastretta | Mando Alvarado |
| 6th | 6th | Episode 6 | Episode 6 | June 10, 2018 | June 11, 2018 | Rose Troche | Tanya Saracho |
season 2
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7th | 1 | Episode 7 | Episode 7 | May 26, 2019 | 23 May 2019 | Catalina Aguilar Mastretta | Tanya Saracho |
| 8th | 2 | Episode 8 | Episode 8 | May 26, 2019 | 23 May 2019 | Catalina Aguilar Mastretta | Evangeline Ordaz |
| 9 | 3 | Episode 9 | Episode 9 | 2nd June 2019 | 23 May 2019 | Jenée LaMarque | Nancy C. Mejia & Jenniffer Gomez |
| 10 | 4th | Episode 10 | Episode 10 | 2nd June 2019 | 23 May 2019 | Jenée LaMarque | Chelsey Lora |
| 11 | 5 | Episode 11 | Episode 11 | June 9, 2019 | 23 May 2019 | Gandja Monteiro | Nancy C. Mejia & Elena Crevello |
| 12 | 6th | Episode 12 | Episode 12 | June 9, 2019 | 23 May 2019 | Gandja Monteiro | Mando Alvarado |
| 13 | 7th | Episode 13 | Episode 13 | June 16, 2019 | 23 May 2019 | Jenée LaMarque | Gladys Rodriguez |
| 14th | 8th | Episode 14 | Episode 14 | June 16, 2019 | 23 May 2019 | Jenée LaMarque | Esti Giordani |
| 15th | 9 | Episode 15 | Episode 15 | June 23, 2019 | 23 May 2019 | Nancy C. Mejia | Tanya Saracho & Mando Alvarado |
| 16 | 10 | Episode 16 | Episode 16 | June 23, 2019 | 23 May 2019 | Tanya Saracho | Tanya Saracho |
season 3
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17th | 1 | - | Episode 17 | Apr 26, 2020 | - | Jenée LaMarque | Tanya Saracho & Taylor Orci Idea: Tanya Saracho |
| 18th | 2 | - | Episode 18 | May 3, 2020 | - | Jenée LaMarque | Gladys Rodriguez |
| 19th | 3 | - | Episode 19 | May 10, 2020 | - | Jenée LaMarque | Lindsey Villarreal |
| 20th | 4th | - | Episode 20 | 17th May 2020 | - | Tanya Saracho | Esti Giordani |
| 21st | 5 | - | Episode 21 | May 24, 2020 | - | Tanya Saracho | Jenniffer Gomez |
| 22nd | 6th | - | Episode 22 | May 31, 2020 | - | Tanya Saracho | Tanya Saracho |
reception
In the Internet Movie Database, the series received a rating of 7.1 out of ten stars based on 2,001 votes. On Rotten Tomatoes , the critic rating of the first, second and third season is 100 percent, the audience rating is 74, 83 and 60 percent. At Metacritic , critics rated the three seasons with 75, 82 and 83 out of 100 each, the viewers with 6.3 and 6.4 out of ten respectively.
Awards and nominations (selection)
- 2019: Award in the Best Comedy Series category
- 2020: Nomination in the category Best Comedy Series
South by Southwest 2018
- Audience award in the TV series category
Imagen Award 2019
- Nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series for Ser Anzoategui
Web links
- Vida in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Vida at Fernsehserien.de
Itemized list
- ↑ Denise Petski: Starz Developing 'Maleficio' For US, Drama From Alejandro Brugues & More - TCA. In: Deadline.com . January 8, 2016, accessed February 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Joe Otterson: 'Vida' Renewed for Season 2 at Starz. In: Variety . June 12, 2018, accessed February 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Denise Petski: 'Vida': Starz Sets May Premiere Date For Season 2. In: Deadline.com. March 25, 2019, accessed May 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Dominic Patten: 'Vida' Renewed For Season 3 By Starz. In: Deadline.com. May 31, 2019, accessed June 25, 2019 .
- ^ Dominic Patten: Starz Says Adiós To 'Vida'; GLAAD Media Award Winner To End With Third Season. In: Deadline.com. March 18, 2020, accessed June 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Patrick Hipes: Starz's Latinx Drama 'Vida' Gets Season 3 Premiere Date, Trailer. In: Deadline.com. February 18, 2020, accessed on June 16, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Pilot Viruet: How Starz's 'Vida' Created a Safe Space to Explore Latinx and Queer Stories. In: The Hollywood Reporter . May 4, 2018, accessed February 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Anna Swartz: 'Vida creator Tanya Saracho on queer Latinx identity, authentic slang and writing good sex scenes'. In: Mic. June 9, 2018, accessed February 6, 2019 .
- ↑ German synchronous index | Series | Vida. Retrieved February 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Vida: Season 1. In: Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved June 16, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Vida: Season 2. In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 16, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Vida: Season 3. In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 16, 2020 (English).
- ^ Vida. In: Metacritic . Retrieved June 16, 2020 (English).
- ^ Vida. In: Metacritic. Retrieved June 16, 2020 (English).
- ^ Vida. In: Metacritic. Retrieved June 16, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Kimberly Nordyke: GLAAD Media Awards: 'Love, Simon,' 'Vida,' 'Queer Eye' Among Winners. In: The Hollywood Reporter. March 28, 2019, accessed May 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Chris Gardner, Annie Howard: GLAAD Media Awards: 'Booksmart,' 'Bombshell,' 'Rocketman' Among Nominees. In: The Hollywood Reporter. January 8, 2020, accessed June 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Neha Aziz: 2018 SXSW Film Festival Announces Audience Awards Winners. In: South by Southwest . March 18, 2018, accessed June 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Nate Nickolai: 2019 Imagen Awards Nominations: Jennifer Lopez, Antonio Banderas and More. In: Variety. July 15, 2019, accessed June 16, 2020 .