Juliantina

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.

Juliantina (2019) is a Mexican drama romance series created for Las Estrellas, a spin-off that spins its own story out of the Spanish-language soap opera Amar a Muerte. It follows Juliana Valdés (Bárbara López) and Valentina Carvajal (Macarena Achaga), two young women whose social status and education could hardly be further apart, yet whose friendship grows into something deeper. The engine of the show is the slow, uncertain move from friendship to love, with the everyday pressures of class difference and the courage it takes to express feelings openly shaping each episode. Its nineteen episodes make up a single self-contained season of roughly forty minutes each, with a continuing romantic storyline rather than a case-of-the-week format. Set in contemporary Mexico, the series carries the warm, earnest register of a telenovela while keeping a clear, hopeful focus on its couple. Its tone is sincere, tender and affirming, with an emphasis on the message that love is love. Fans of Heartstopper, Sex Education and the parent soap Amar a Muerte will find resonance in its blend of youthful romance, social divides and heartfelt queer representation.

Audiences broadly embrace the series as a warm, sincere love story between two young women, with strong praise for the lead performances and its message that love is love.

• Amar a Muertespin-off romance built on a telenovela framework, warm sincere tone, young female leads
• Heartstopperqueer young love story with heartfelt sincerity and a social class divide
• Sex Educationteen romance with earnest emotional tone and coming-out themes

Release Date

2019-11-08

Episode runtime

40 min

Rating

8.4 / 10 (286)

What is Juliantina about?

Two young women from very different social worlds become close friends and then fall in love in this Mexican spin-off romance.

What is Juliantina like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Juliantina as measured, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as simple.

Is Juliantina violent?

No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Juliantina.

What did critics think of Juliantina?

Audiences broadly embrace the series as a warm, sincere love story between two young women, with strong praise for the lead performances and its message that love is love.

Which shows are like Juliantina?

Shows with a similar feel include Amar a Muerte, Heartstopper, and Sex Education.

How long is Juliantina?

Juliantina: 1 season, 19 episodes.

Is Juliantina still running?

No, Juliantina has ended.