This film is a genuinely moving story about courage, identity and inner freedom, centered on an intersex person trying to figure out who they really are. The fact that an actual intersex actor was cast in the lead role is genuinely worth applauding. It is apparently a remake of a classic film of same name that came out in 1972. Since I have not seen the film, I really have references to compare, which is good. Set in Spain, we meet Adela, a woman in her twenties and the only child of a conservative couple living in a small provincial town. Her days are mostly spent at the family antique shop, and her whole life has been shaped by her mother's overprotectiveness and total silence around her intersex condition, something she's faced real social discrimination for. Despite all the restrictions placed on her, she finds odd little pockets of normalcy in her life, and her closest connection is a gay priest, basically the only person she feels she can talk to freely. That quiet routi...
Thee comes from serious money and runs his family's perfume business, living alone despite all that wealth. One day he tries to throw a huge amount of cash at a model who works for his company just to sleep with him, and the guy turns him down flat. That's when Peach enters the picture, a photographer and close friend of that model, who basically shows Thee that money genuinely cannot buy everything. Peach is a little intimidated by Thee at first, but he's also kind of stunned by how cheesy and soap opera style Thee talks all the time. Thee, meanwhile, finds himself drawn to Peach precisely because nobody has ever stood up to him or spoken to him the way Peach does. Slowly the two of them start getting to know each other better. Thee turns out to be hopelessly awkward when it comes to love, since basically everything he knows about romance and emotion came from watching dramas, which makes the way he expresses himself genuinely funny and sometimes way over the top. Peach picks up on how different Thee is but starts genuinely enjoying his company anyway, and slowly starts helping him become a bit more grounded. Since Peach works as a freelance photographer for Thee's own company, they have to keep things quiet, though Peach eventually tells his sister since they're very close. There are the usual exes popping up along the way, but the show never tips into full melodrama and instead just lets the relationship between these two very different guys grow naturally. We also get real insight into both their backgrounds. Peach grew up an orphan and still visits the place that raised him, doing what he can to support it. Thee, on the other hand, was never really allowed to make friends or fall in love, since any sign of vulnerability could be dangerous given his family's mafia ties. There's also a sweet friendship angle with Thee's bodyguard Mok, who's secretly in love with Thee's younger brother. And we see Peach's close bond with the model friend from episode one and how he always shows up for him when it matters. Eventually Thee introduces Peach to his parents, who realize their son has genuinely found someone who loves him for himself and not his money, and the way both families come to accept the relationship is handled really well. The whole thing wraps up with a genuinely heartwarming wedding, and the couple adopting a brother and sister duo who were terrified of being separated.
I have to just come out and say this is an absolute must watch. If someone had told me beforehand that this show has zero action, is a full blown BL rom-com, and is packed with cringey 90s soap opera pickup lines, I probably would have skipped it entirely. But something about this show just completely won me over. Thee's lines are ridiculously cheesy and over the top, yet somehow delivered with so much sincerity that you can't help but laugh, smile, and blush right along with him. The actor sells the character so well, it's genuinely impressive work. Peach is the perfect counterweight to all that chaos, calm, grounded, observant, and emotionally sharp. He doesn't try to steal the spotlight, he earns your attention naturally, scene by scene, glance by glance. He ends up being this emotional anchor not just for Thee but for his model friend, Thee's sister, their coworkers, basically everyone around him. He responds to Thee's ridiculousness not with mockery but with this calm disbelief, gentle teasing, and the occasional sigh that says absolutely everything. It's genuinely endearing and really funny to watch. And that's largely because everything Thee does sounds absurd on paper, but given how sheltered his life has been, it actually tracks completely with who he is. The two leads have this wild, genuine chemistry together. Their scenes together are chaotic and hilarious and somehow comforting all at once, and watching Peach slowly pull Thee toward reality without ever flattening his dramatic personality is just a joy to watch. Underneath all the comedy there's real warmth and more depth than you'd expect, with both characters quietly working through their own fears and limitations. Alongside the main couple, I also really enjoyed the smaller storyline involving Peach's model friend who can't quite let go of his toxic boyfriend. And then there's Mok, who ends up being a genuinely important part of the whole show, a real, loyal friend who has Thee's back no matter what, and I loved how much respect Peach shows him for everything he does. The actor playing Mok barely has any lines but his eyes do all the talking. His slow burn tension with Thee's younger brother is going to be an instant hit with BL fans, the chemistry there is undeniable and simmers in every shared look and short exchange. I genuinely wish we'd gotten more of those two, maybe even a spinoff.
This series is heartfelt and gloriously over the top all at once. It'll have you laughing until your face hurts, blushing at the most sincere absurdity, and completely falling for these characters. A warm, kind hearted show that never takes itself too seriously but still manages to be surprisingly thoughtful. (8.5/10)
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