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La Saga, Negocio de Familia (2004)

La Saga, Negocio de Familia poster
Original title
La saga: Negocio de Familia
Genre
telenovela
Country
Colombia
Length
1 season, 188 episodes
Rated
TV-PG
Rating
8.2 of 10 from 246 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Colombian soap opera that tells the story of the Manrique family over five generations. The family is involved in the criminal underworld of Bogotá and the show focuses on crime, suffering, and death rather than romance.

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What happens

La Saga, Negocio de Familia (in English The Saga, Family business) was a popular Colombian soap opera ("telenovela" in Spanish) aired in 2004 by Caracol TV and then after 2006 aired on GenTV in South Florida. The show follows the history of the Manrique family, which was prominent in the underworld of Bogotá, Colombia. This telenovela is characterized by an unconventional plot: unlike many others, it is not a love story, but several stories of events that occur through five generations of the same family. Moreover, there is no humor and the plot is marked by death, suffering and crime. It received the "Best Telenovela" award at the Colombian Television Awards in 2005. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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