"7 vidas" (1999) TV series 1999-2006

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | unknown

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Spanish sit-com where David awakes after being 18 years in a comma only to find his world completely changed...

Plot Keywords:

Number In Title

Awards:

23 wins & 28 nominations

Cast

Amparo Baró	...	Soledad Huete (184 episodes, 1999-2006)
Gonzalo de Castro	...	Gonzalo Montero (172 episodes, 1999-2006)
Anabel Alonso	...	Diana Freire (130 episodes, 2000-2006)
Blanca Portillo	...	Carlota Pérez (118 episodes, 1999-2006)
Carmen Machi	...	Aída García García (89 episodes, 2000-2006)
Javier Cámara	...	Paco Gimeno Huete (88 episodes, 1999-2006)

Also Known As:

Siete vidas (Spain) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

Spain:50 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Trivia:

It is the largest TV show in Spain, with 204 episodes.

Movie Connections:

Spin off "Aída" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Siete Vidas

Unfunny and eventually tedious

The show clearly started as a vile 'Friends' copy, whoever denies this should pay more attention, some plots and scenes weren't changed at all. But the 'Friends's stage only lasted a couple of years, the post-coma plot disappeared and the series became a standard comedic show. Once there it became repetitive and bland. The kind of humour in this show was formulaic and predictable, just awful. A short conversation always preceded the punchline read by an angry character to the 'dumb' one followed by the canned laughter. Later, they included political jokes, giving a 'political' dimension to some characters, this was, in my view, a mistake.

The cast significantly changed throughout the years, and not for the better. I deeply respect Javier Camera and Amparo Baró's performances but I can't say the same about the rest of the cast. People like Eva Santolaria, Guillermo Toledo or Santi Millán should be kept miles away from a camera.

The success of the show can only be explained with the lack of competition and the abyssal level of Spanish TV.