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Como dice el dicho (2011)

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Genre
telenovela, anthology series, LGBT-related television series
Country
Mexico
Length
13 seasons, 886 episodes
Rated
TV-14
Rating
7.7 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Each episode picks a Mexican proverb and shows how it applies to characters facing problems like family violence, money trouble, or personal growth. The stories cover different people dealing with difficult real life situations.

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What happens

Como dice el dicho (translation: As the saying goes) is a Mexican anthology drama series produced by Genoveva Martínez for Televisa. The series premiered on 1 February 2011, on Las Estrellas. The series covers a variety of stories in which a proverb (usually of Mexican origin) is selected for each episode and applied to real-life situations such as family violence, economic crisis, personal growth, the dignity of women, homosexuality, and drug addiction, among others. In November 2024, the series was canceled after fourteen seasons. The last episode aired on 31 January 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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