00:00A young woman who lives hidden in the department store where she works
00:04writes down everything she consumes in her little notebook
00:08so she can pay for it one day.
00:11If this story sounds familiar,
00:14it's probably because you've already watched
00:17one of the many versions of the romantic comedy
00:20La Pícara Soñadora.
00:22In Brazil, the best known is the one produced by SBT in 2001.
00:28Internationally, however, the 1991 Mexican version is the biggest hit.
00:34This 2026 remake arrives in series format with only 20 episodes.
00:40The first one is already available on the VIX platform.
00:44I'm going to tell you everything I thought about it.
00:47We start with a brief introduction of the protagonist, Lupita,
00:51presenting herself as a dreamy woman who was living in great financial hardship.
00:57I found the editing super fun,
01:00showing her in various moments of a poor person's routine,
01:03watering down the shampoo,
01:05dealing with electricity problems,
01:08noisy, rude neighbors in the middle of the night,
01:11and arriving late to work because of public transport.
01:14In short, every kind of struggle
01:17that every ordinary poor person has already lived through.
01:21And she ended up being evicted.
01:24In parallel, we see the good life the girl is leading
01:28while living inside the store where she works
01:31and where she hopes to become manager one day.
01:34Unlike the other versions,
01:36this one does not have the dream of becoming a lawyer,
01:39but rather of becoming the store manager.
01:42The motivation behind Lupita's dream
01:45is something I found much more relatable for most people.
01:49I want to go far so I can have a fridge that's always full
01:53and help my godfather.
01:56After a brief presentation of the character's context,
02:00a simply wonderful opening sequence begins.
02:04In an era of generic and lazy openings,
02:08it is extremely enjoyable to see a production
02:11so well-made and charismatic.
02:14It prepares us for what we're about to watch,
02:17a romantic comedy in fairy-tale style.
02:20And if you like this kind of genre,
02:23you will definitely love this miniseries.
02:25I confess that I'm very picky about two things,
02:29highly rose-tinted stories and comedy.
02:32But this one manages to balance both genres very well
02:36and still adds a dose of emotion
02:38with scenes that warm the heart.
02:41One change I really liked
02:43was that they removed the family grandmother,
02:46who basically served the plot of the deceased maid's son.
02:50They gave the role of protector and best friend of the boy
02:53to the eldest son, Federico.
02:55I only watched the Brazilian version
02:58and I always thought this character had zero charisma.
03:01But here he gains sympathy and empathy
03:04because he has a much better arc
03:06than just being a boring middle-aged man
03:09who falls in love with the protagonist's best friend.
03:12In the past, Federico was in love with the deceased maid,
03:16who got involved with the wrong man
03:18and was abandoned with the baby.
03:22Federico dedicated himself to raising the boy
03:25and took on the fight
03:26against the con artist father in this version.
03:29The scenes between the two are highly cute and tender,
03:33especially with the addition
03:34of the classic puppy companion of the boy,
03:37which was kept in the series.
03:40Another change I approved of
03:41was turning Lupita's immediate boss into a woman.
03:45A boss who still makes the protagonist's life difficult,
03:48but who is funny and not a green-tailed old harasser
03:52like in the previous versions.
03:55After all, nowadays, workplace harassment
03:58is a topic far too serious for this kind of story.
04:03Alfredo is that same somewhat frivolous
04:06and idol-rich pretty boy as always,
04:08but despite everything, he is highly charismatic,
04:12and you can see he has a sweet little heart.
04:15The series added a few extra plots for the character
04:19that still weren't very clear in this first episode.
04:23What we could understand is that he has some hidden trauma
04:27from parental abandonment on his mother's side.
04:31He starts working in the family store,
04:33pretending to be a simple employee
04:36in place of his best friend, Carlos,
04:38but the reasons for the switch here are a little different.
04:42He doesn't start the whole charade
04:44just because he saw Lupita
04:46and wanted to conquer her,
04:48only to throw her away later.
04:51Here, Alfredo does it to avoid having to interact
04:55with a woman from his past
04:57whom he never wants to see again,
05:00apparently because she triggers certain things in him.
05:03Since his friend is interested in the ditzy influencer,
05:07they make a deal to switch places,
05:09so both of them come out winning.
05:12Lupita and Alfredo's interactions are funny and cute.
05:16She starts out hating him,
05:18something I liked because I love the enemies-to-lovers trope.
05:22Of course, they aren't exactly enemies here,
05:25but you get the idea.
05:27I start hating you,
05:28I end up loving you.
05:30Well, I'm not going to narrate the entire episode
05:34because this is just a summary of my initial impressions.
05:38Some characters will still appear
05:40from the second episode onward,
05:42such as the best friend on the run from the police
05:45who comes to live in the store
05:46and the pair of detectives chasing her.
05:50Several things will probably still be done differently.
05:53For example, the episode ends with the hook of Alfredo
05:58discovering Lupita in the store at night,
06:00watching El Maleficio with a bucket of popcorn.
06:04Will he already discover her secret?
06:07I will definitely be back to find out.
06:09I will definitely be back to find out.
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