Streaming platforms are betting on Latin American content. In the case of Colombia, we can take as an example the series ‘Wild District’ or ‘The Robbery of the Century’, original productions of Netflix.
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But another great source of traffic for the platforms are the soap operas made by ‘Caragol’ and ‘RCN’. For that, here we tell you what are these national channel productions that you can watch on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video.
‘The White Slave’ – Netflix
‘The White Slave’ is set in the 19th century.
It is a production of ‘Caragol’ broadcast in 2016. It is set in Santa Marta, during the first half of the nineteenth century. It tells the story of a young woman who, being a baby, is rescued from a fire by the slaves of her farm, who also raise her.
Due to fate, she was torn from the arms of her adoptive family to be taken to Spain, where she spent all her adolescence. Your return home will be difficult and you will have to go through many obstacles to reunite with your roots.
‘Analía’s Revenge’ – Netflix
The production is from channel ‘Caragol’ and is on Netflix.
The soap opera tells the story of Analía, who decides to take revenge on the culprit of her mother’s death, 30 years after what happened. It takes place in the middle of a political campaign, in which the protagonist’s goal is to destroy the career and life of the murderer, who is a candidate for the presidency.
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‘Bad Girls’ – Prime Video
The series is in Prime video and Clear video.
This production is a collaboration between Colombia and Mexico, original of ‘MTV’. It was broadcast by RCN in 2011.
Its protagonists are a group of teenagers sent to a reformatory for their misbehavior. They all have different personalities and did not get along with each other, which will make coexistence a mess.
‘I’m Betty, the Ugly’ – Netflix
‘I’m Betty the Ugly’ has the Guinness Record for the most successful novel of all time.
The quintessential Colombian soap opera can be found on Netflix and is often among the most watched productions on the platform in Colombia.
With iconic characters such as ‘Hugo Lombardi’, ‘Nicolas Mora’ and ‘Patricia Fernández’, the soap opera, produced by RCN, has the story of a socially understood woman as ugly, life will take a turn when she starts working in a fashion company.
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‘Love and Live’ – Netflix
The soap opera is on Netflix.
It is a production of ‘Snail’ based on a 1988 soap opera. The plot revolves around a young worker in a market square who wants to be a professional singer of popular music.
However, the arrival of a new love, who has problems with the law, will put her in trouble.
‘Perfect Lies’ – Prime Video
Prime Video has this Colombian series.
In 2013, this production of ‘Snail’ highlighted the world of aesthetics in the hands of two best surgeon friends. Among their families there will be several messes that will leave more than one with their mouths open.
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‘The Queen of Flow’ – Netflix
Production is on Netflix.
The most successful series of 2018, which will have a second season in 2021, also has revenge tints.
The protagonist was locked in a prison in the United States and removed from her son because of a young man from his childhood. When he returns to Colombia, he will try to avenge the culprit of his misfortune, who was the urban music singer at the time..
‘The Toads Poster’ – Netflix
The series is on Netflix.
In 2008, ‘Caracol’ broadcast this series, which touches on a topic already quite related to Colombia: drug trafficking. The story revolves around a man who explains, from prison, all his steps: from his foray into the so-called poster from the Pacific to your ‘final destination’ in prison.
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‘Waiter’ – Prime Video
Jaime Garzón was assassinated on August 13, 1999.
This production of ‘RCN’ is the biographical soap opera of Jaume Garzón, a journalist and comedian assassinated in 1999 and who marked the history of Colombia through political satire.
The story of how it became the symbol of journalism focused on social justice and in military target of the paramilitary forces of the time is available in Prime Video.
‘Sweeping: The Pattern of Evil’ – Netflix
Netflix also tells the story of Pablo Escobar in the early seasons of the series ‘Narcos’.
There are also productions dedicated to explaining the lives of the protagonists of the violence unleashed by drug trafficking in the country. This is the case of the production of ‘Snail’ ‘Sweeping: the pattern of evil’, which narrates the ‘comings and goings’ of the life of Pau Escobar.
The biographical soap opera of one of the bloodiest drug traffickers in history is on Netflix.
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‘Vampire Girl’ – Netflix
Greeicy Rendón is the protagonist of this youth series.
It has also been part of the list of most watched Netflix productions in Colombia and was produced by RCN.
This teen series tells the story of a young woman who was transformed into a vampire to save her life. However, he will have to hide his powers from the people around him.
‘Doctor kills’: main video
This story based on real events is in Prime Video.
Broadcast by ‘RCN’ in 2014, tells the story of one of Colombia’s best-known serial killers, The ‘Doctor Mata’ (Nepomuceno Matallana), a lawyer who, through evil truculence, managed to keep the properties of several of his protégés.
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