: Reviewers have praised the show for portraying LGBTQ+ characters with depth and humanity rather than the stigmatizing caricatures common in older Mexican media.
"Para hacer esta serie el reto, sobre todo, era cómo íbamos a tomar las crónicas, anécdotas y los personajes de este libro para desarrollar una historia de tal manera que le pueda interesar al espectador y que consiga conectarlo con los personajes para emocionarlo".
(2024) no es solo una serie de televisión; es un viaje vibrante, desgarrador y absolutamente necesario a la vida nocturna de la Ciudad de México durante la década de los ochenta. Esta producción de Amazon Prime Video, dirigida por el aclamado Ernesto Contreras ("El Chapo", "Sueño en otro idioma") y Alejandro Zuno, se posiciona como una obra clave para entender la evolución de la cultura LGBTQ+ en México.
: It serves as a sanctuary where marginalized people could express freedom in a repressive society. Key Details & Production tengo que morir todas las noches serie work
: It captures the precise historical moment when the LGBTQ+ community shifted from hiding in underground bars to pushing for visible human rights and political space.
La serie toma como punto de partida la realidad histórica de la capital mexicana. El desarrollo de esta ambiciosa producción audiovisual se estructuró bajo los siguientes pilares:
: Founded by French expatriate Henri Donnadieu, it was a meeting point for artistic, literary, and musical movements. : Reviewers have praised the show for portraying
Tengo que morir todas las noches is a Mexican historical drama series that premiered on Amazon Prime Video on June 7, 2024. It is recognized as the first major Mexican queer series, exploring the underground LGBTQ+ scene of 1980s Mexico City. Series Overview
: The series features a powerful ensemble, including José Antonio Toledano as Guillermo, David Montalvo, Silvia Navarro, and Cristina Rodlo. Raw and Real
La serie se inspira directamente en el aclamado libro de crónicas periodísticas publicado en 2014 por el periodista mexicano , titulado Tengo que morir todas las noches: Una crónica de los ochenta, el underground y la cultura gay . Esta producción de Amazon Prime Video, dirigida por
¿Buscas una serie con alma, estilo y una historia que te atrape? Tienes que ver esta joya mexicana que acaba de aterrizar en Amazon Prime Video ¿De qué trata? Ambientada en la efervescente Ciudad de México de los
The answer, according to this masterful production, is simple and devastating: The work is to show up, night after night, agree to your own symbolic death, and trust that the dawn—and the next performance—will find you worthy of resurrection.
The series, which premiered internationally on Paramount+ and ViX, is not a biography of a single person but a biography of a place : the mythical Baños de El Cóbreo (later known as El Cóbreo ), a gay bathhouse and cabaret in Mexico City’s Colonia Guerrero. The plot follows a writer named Cameron (played by Alberto Guerra) who suffers from a creative block while trying to write a novel. His therapist suggests he stop trying to remember the past and instead "die every night"—to experience the rawness of life every 24 hours. This leads him into the clandestine world of El Cóbreo during the early 80s, a time sandwiched between the relative openness of the 1970s and the devastating arrival of the HIV/AIDS crisis.
For those who haven't seen it: Watch with the lights off. For those who have: Levantate y brilla (Rise and shine). Tomorrow night, you have to die again.