Best South American family series

Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch family shows from South America, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!

  • Poster for Soy Luna

    Soy Luna 2016

    Luna Valente lives with her family in Cancún, Mexico. She goes to school, has her own group of friends, has a job, and loves to skate. However, her life changes when her parents are given a job offer that moves them to Buenos Aires, Argentina. There she finds a new skating rink (named Jam & Roller), learns freestyling, makes new friends, and even falls in love.

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  • Poster for Violetta

    Violetta 2012

    A musically talented teenager returns to her native Buenos Aires with her father, Herman, after living in Europe for several years, navigating the trials and tribulations of growing up.

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  • Poster for O11CE

    O11CE 2017

    The series revolves around Gabo, a soccer-loving teenager who, upon receiving a scholarship from the prestigious Sports Academic Institute (IAD) of Buenos Aires, will see his dream of playing at Los Halcones Dorados, the renowned amateur team of the school, and also his longing to become a professional footballer.

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  • Poster for Mystery Lab

    Mystery Lab 2020

    Host Felipe Castanhari explores science, history, mysteries and marvels, uncovering mind-blowing facts with help from his lab buddies.

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  • Poster for NooBees

    NooBees 2018

    Silvia was never interested in video games. She prefers the outdoors and plays her favorite sport: basketball. Silvia is the opposite of her father, Hector, and his brother, Erick, for whom video games are the best. When Erick is presented with a unique opportunity to fulfill his greatest dream of winning the e-sports championship, Silvia goes out of his way to make it happen, even if it means to become a professional player

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  • Poster for Kally's Mashup

    Kally's Mashup 2017

    Kally is a musical prodigy trying to juggle being a classical piano virtuoso, a normal 14-year old girl, and having a secret desire to become a world-famous pop-star.

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  • Poster for Toma Lá, Dá Cá

    Toma Lá, Dá Cá 2007

    Brazilian comedy about two couples living next to each other in the same building. This show explores the antics between the two couples.

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  • Poster for Mônica and Friends

    Mônica and Friends 2022

    When popular Carminha Frufru's party is mysteriously sabotaged, Mônica and her friends become the main suspects, and they will need to overcome their insecurities and reveal their secrets to decipher the mystery.

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  • Poster for 31 Minutos

    31 Minutos 2003

    Chilean television show which takes the form of a mock news broadcast, and is fronted by puppets who present various items.

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  • Poster for Stupid Wife

    Stupid Wife 2022

    Luíza and Valentina are law students and classmates, but from totally different worlds and personalities. Luiza sees in Valentina all the flaws she believes someone can have, and hates her. One day, however, Luiza wakes up to find herself ten years older and, to her horror, married to Valentina. It turns out that now, Luíza was the victim of a trauma, which she is still unaware of and which led her to a process of Dissociative Amnesia; not remembering her marriage to Valentina, much less her son Leo. In this process, she will need to rediscover herself, who she has become. At the same time, Valentina seeks to win back her wife.

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  • Poster for A Grande Família

    A Grande Família 2001

    The daily lives of a typical Brazilian middle-class family, that are always very close and tries, in their way, to survive the financial and relationship difficulties.

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  • Poster for BIA

    BIA 2019

    BIA tells the story of a group of teens who discover, share and develop their talents in the "Fundom", a place where they gather to hang out, create and express their art in a fun-filled and casual environment. Bia Urquiza, the main character, is a 16-year-old girl with great imagination and creativity.

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  • Poster for Flinderella

    Flinderella 2004

    Florencia is a singer and orphan, who falls in love with Federico, a businessman. They will be able to overcome all obstacles, but their love will take an unexpected turn.

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  • Poster for Disney Intertwined

    Disney Intertwined 2021

    Allegra dreams of joining the Eleven O' Clock music hall company, but her mother, Caterina, won't accept that. Allegra's life changes drastically when she finds a mysterious bracelet that takes her to 1994, the year Caterina was her age and was starting her career in Eleven O' Clock while she lived in Coco's shadow. Cocó is Allegra's grandmother. Will Allegra be able to change the past?

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  • Poster for Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum

    Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum 1994

    Nino is a 300-year-old boy who lives with his uncle, Dr. Victor, a sorcerer and scientist, and his great-aunt Morgana, a 6,000-year-old witch. The three of them live in a castle in the middle of the city of São Paulo. Apprentice sorcerer, Nino has never attended a school, because of the unusual age of 300 years. His parents left him living with Victor and Morgan, because they needed to travel on an expedition into outer space, taking their two younger brothers. In spite of having animal and supernatural friends in the Castle, Nino, feeling lack of friends like him, decides to do a spell he learned with his Uncle Victor, and ended up bringing to the Castle, three children who had just left school. Free of loneliness, Nino receives the visit of the three daily.

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  • Poster for Tierra Incognita

    Tierra Incognita 2022

    Eric returns to Cape Qwert to solve the mystery of his parents' disappearance. Back in this town, he will meet friends and foes and will have to unveil the mysteries of the town's horror-themed amusement park.

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  • Poster for Secrets of Summer

    Secrets of Summer 2022

    A remote Argentine resort revives its wakeboarding competition, drawing in Mexican athlete Steffi, who is determined to uncover a family secret.

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  • Poster for Chiquititas

    Chiquititas 2013

    Based on the original version of same name created by Cris Morena, the series tells the story of a group of orphans living in a manor, known as Raio de Luz, struggling and being guided by a young woman, Carol, that assumes a maternal figure for them. Their experiences such as discovering first love, deceptions, loneliness and friendship, as well as adventures in fantasy, are depicted throughout the series. The narrative is followed by musical themes and videoclips.

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  • Poster for Carrossel

    Carrossel 2012

    Carrossel is a children's telenovela created by Abel Santa Cruz and written by Íris Abravanel, originally transmitted on SBT from May 21, 2012 to present. It is a Brazilian remake of the Mexican telenovela Carrusel, which in turn had been inspired by the Argentinean telenovela Jacinta Pichimahuida, la Maestra que no se Olvida. In a short time the display was a telenovela phenomenon of hearing canal causing quite successful among the children public yielding several CDs, DVDs, toys and other products in less than a year. including we have made several spin-offs based on it, including a cartoon series and television sitcom.

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  • Poster for A Mother's Love

    A Mother's Love 2019

    Lurdes is a mother of five who tirelessly seeks for Domenico, a child of hers who was sold by his own father 26 years ago; Thelma is an overprotective mother who finds out she has a terminal illness, and must race against time to make her dreams come true and prepare her son for a life without her presence; Vitória is a successful lawyer who sees the end of her marriage after countless failed attempts to have a baby and decides for adoption, but finds out she is pregnant during the process. In "A Mother's Love", the lives of these women are intertwined while they recognize themselves in the unconditional love provided by motherhood.

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  • Poster for Yo Soy Franky

    Yo Soy Franky 2015

    An experimental robot attempts to navigate life as a teenage girl.

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  • Poster for As Brasileiras

    As Brasileiras 2012

    After the breakthrough success of 'The Cariocas', the spin-off 'The Brazilians - The Women' embraces all the diversity of Brazil and its women. Powerful, fragile, funny, protective, beautiful, talented, insightful, and especially unique; they all have a certain charm. No matter what their birthplace, age, lifestyle or preference, these remarkable women have one thing in common: they are Brazilian. Brilliantly witty and entertaining, every independent episode provides an exclusive look at the life experiences of the women who inspire everyone.

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  • Poster for The King of The Cattle

    The King of The Cattle 1996

    In the struggle for land a vicious feud erupts between two men, who commit their families to a war without truce. Over two generations they are moved by love and by hatred in this epic saga of love for the land.

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  • Poster for Mulheres Apaixonadas

    Mulheres Apaixonadas 2003

    The series surrounds the damaged relationship between a saxophonist and a woman who falls in love for a former boyfriend, whom she had left to marry him.

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  • Poster for Rebel Rio!

    Rebel Rio! 2011

    Elite Way is one of the most renowned educational institutions in the country, where students have access to high quality education and play sports. Despite the rigid schedule, the richest families in Rio de Janeiro want that their children study in the Elite Way. This is the case of Alice, Diego, Roberta, Carla and Tomás, some rebel teenagers and full of fancies that will discover in music a common goal.

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  • Poster for Daddies on Request

    Daddies on Request 2022

    California receives an unexpected gift: her mother, Itzel, has sent her a van together with a request: she wants her to travel to Zacatecas to be reunited with her after a nine-year absence. California convinces her three mistrustful parents that this trip will lead them to happiness. Soon, California, Miguel, Diego, and Morgan set out on an adventure that will turn their lives upside down. What they could never have imagined is that they are being followed by two funny thugs who are also after the mysterious woman.

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  • Poster for A Life Worth Living

    A Life Worth Living 2019

    Paloma is a seamstress and mother of three who, after having her exams exchanged with that of a terminally ill patient, believes she has only six months to live. Things are cleared up, but the young woman’s desire for a change in life remains, and she goes after the man who is really on the brink of death, Alberto. Having a passion for literature as their main connection, they build a beautiful friendship that gives new meaning to their lives, restoring in him the pleasure of living and bringing Paloma closer to a love from her past, Ramon, and also to Marcos, the charming son of Alberto, with whom she got involved when she thought she would die.

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  • Poster for Trail of Lies

    Trail of Lies 2013

    Paloma is a willful woman whose newborn baby is kidnapped by her own brother, Félix, who plans to become sole heir to the family’s fortune. Bruno is an honest man who, during the same night, loses his wife and son in childbirth and miraculously finds Paloma’s child in a dumpster. Destiny will unite their lives in a plot of secrets, revelations, and disputes, with the unpredictable consequences of lives based on a dangerous and surprising network of lies.

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  • Poster for Espelho da Vida

    Espelho da Vida 2018

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  • Poster for Poliana Moça

    Poliana Moça 2022

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  • Poster for A Diarista

    A Diarista 2004

    It shows the life and problems of Marinete, a cleaning lady with a short temper. She always ends up depending on her friends, who are distracted by any stupid thing and leave her to solve things on her own.

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  • Poster for Amor e Sorte

    Amor e Sorte 2020

    ‘Amor e Sorte’ is a four-episode independent series that brings together stories about relationships and transformation in times of social isolation.

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  • Poster for Turma da Mônica Jovem

    Turma da Mônica Jovem 2019

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  • Poster for Pablo & Luisão

    Pablo & Luisão 2025

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  • Poster for Las Estrellas

    Las Estrellas 2017

    Five sisters must take care of a hotel for a year after their father's death in order to get the 6 million dollar inheritance he left them.

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  • Poster for Margarita

    Margarita 2024

    Margarita tells the story of an orphaned teenager with a life like a movie, with many doubts and almost no certainty about her story, who, following her wish, will arrive at a very magical place where she can live and fulfill her dreams, without knowing that this house was the place where she was born and that the perfidious Delfina usurped it to build her empire.

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  • Poster for The Beginning of Life: The Series

    The Beginning of Life: The Series 2016

    Using breakthroughs in technology and neuroscience, this series examines how environment affects infants - and how infants can affect our future.

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  • Poster for Julie and the phantoms

    Julie and the phantoms 2011

    is a Brazilian television series for children, produced by Rede Bandeirantes in partnership with mixer and co-producer Nickelodeon Brazil.

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  • Poster for KLASS 95: The Power of Beauty

    KLASS 95: The Power of Beauty 2024

    An ambitious young woman launches a powerful modeling agency determined to change lives — but power and love are not for the faint of heart.

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  • Poster for The Nutty Boy

    The Nutty Boy 2022

    Nutty Boy is an out-of-the-box kid with big ideas who loves involving everyone in his adventures — even though they don't usually go as planned!

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  • Poster for Turma da Mônica

    Turma da Mônica 1976

    Monica, the leader of the crew and 'ruler of the street,' is a little girl with a strong personality, not one to overlook any insult. She absolutely loves her stuffed bunny, Samson, and takes him with her everywhere. Jimmy Five, one of her best friends, is a smart kid, but he's always provoking her. Maggy is Monica's best friend and a super cute girl, who is always eating watermelons. To complete the show's main quartet, enter Smudge, a skillful boy who is terrified of water.

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  • Poster for Hoje é Dia de Maria

    Hoje é Dia de Maria 2005

    Maria is an orphan girl who suffers from her stepmother's wickedness. She then decides to escape in search of the fringes of the sea and takes a long walk through Brazilian folk tales. On her journey, she meets several fantastic characters.

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  • Poster for El Jardín de Olivia

    El Jardín de Olivia 2025

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  • Poster for Chiquititas Sin Fin

    Chiquititas Sin Fin 2006

    The series focuses on the search of a young woman for her lost son. After discovering that her child may be living at an orphanage, she goes there under the alter ego of a humorous and magical nanny figure, touching and changing their lives.

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  • Poster for All the Same… or Not

    All the Same… or Not 2022

    Carol and her friends prepare for a new year of going to school, to the beach, and having fun in their beloved Rio de Janeiro... but their friendship will be put to the test. Carol will deal with her mother's marriage, her stepfather being her teacher, her insufferable half-brother, and her friends' personal problems. But they will stick together... or not.

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  • Poster for A Fantástica Máquina de Sonhos

    A Fantástica Máquina de Sonhos 2021

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  • Poster for Sítio do Picapau Amarelo

    Sítio do Picapau Amarelo 2001

    The stories of Sítio do Picapau Amarelo are set on the site of Dona Benta, an old lady who lives away from the rush and noise of the big city. She has the friendship of Tia Nastácia, who cooks delicacies for her and her granddaughter, Lúcia, better known as Narizinho. Living alone and with only the two elderly women as company (besides Rabicó, her pet), the girl lives playing with her doll Emília, made by Tia Nastácia with scraps of cloth scraps from her old skirt. The old Uncle Barnabé, who is responsible for the maintenance of the Site, also lives at the Site.

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  • Poster for Anything for Love

    Anything for Love 1997

    Helena is an independendent woman with strong emotions. More than a dedicated mother, she is also a friend to her daughter. Her daughter is experiencing difficulties in her marriage with Marcelo because of his renewed interest in a formoe girlfriend. Marcelo‘s mother deslikes Helena and would like nothing better to see her son‘s marriage destroyed. Helena starts her life over again when she falls in love at first sight with Atilio, whom she marries. Although of poor health, her daughter wants to have a baby, believing that by fulfiling her husband‘s dream, she can save her marriage. As fate would have it, mother and daughter fall pregnant at the same time, each giving birth to a boy.

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  • Poster for Mônica and Friends: Origins

    Mônica and Friends: Origins 2024

    Mônica, Magali, Milena, Cebolinha, Cascão and Milena meet at a hotel in Limoeiro, but they have to overcome a competition and their personal issues to create Turma da Mônica.

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  • Poster for Meu Pedacinho de Chão

    Meu Pedacinho de Chão 2014

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  • Poster for Friends to the Rescue

    Friends to the Rescue 2015

    Manuela and Isabela, twin sisters, were separated after birth and are reunited only after 12 years. They decide to switch places, but the plan does not work as well when a musical competition begins and the two try to maintain the farce.

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  • Poster for Newly Rich, Newly Poor

    Newly Rich, Newly Poor 2025

    A wealthy businessman and a working-class dreamer discover they were switched at birth. Now, they must swap lives to learn what truly matters.

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  • Poster for Café con Aroma de Mujer

    Café con Aroma de Mujer 1994

    Café con aroma de mujer is a 1994 Colombian telenovela, produced by then programming company RCN TV on state-owned Canal A. It was written and created by Fernando Gaitán. It was broadcast in several countries throughout Latin America, North America and Europe.

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  • Poster for Violetta Favorite Moments

    Violetta Favorite Moments 2021

    Violetta is the story of a super talented teenage girl with an incredible singing ability, who must face and overcome many challenges on the path to following her dream.

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  • Poster for Em Busca da Casa Automática

    Em Busca da Casa Automática 2013

    The "Mundo Automático" is the world in which the series "Em Busca da Casa Automática" takes place. Its main construction is the "Casa Automática". A well-known place in the "Mundo Automático" is the "Mar do Sul", home to important buildings such as the Guardian Farm and Mega Mob Trap.

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  • Poster for Algo habrán hecho

    Algo habrán hecho 2005

    Algo habrán hecho is a documentary film for television that narrates the history of Argentina. It was created by the argentine historian Felipe Pigna, who acted as presenter. In the first two seasons Mario Pergolini was a co-presenter of it, but after giving up on all works on television his role in the documentary was taken by Juan Di Natale. Di Natale and Pergolini were by that time co-presenters of the talk show Caiga quien caiga. Di Natale pointed that he wasn't meant to act as if he was Pergolini, but the script writers wrote instead the scripts based on his own personality. The first season, aired in 2005 on Canal 13, narrates the history of Argentina from the british invasions of the Río de la Plata to the fall of Juan Manuel de Rosas during the Battle of Caseros. The second season, aired in 2006 on Telefé, resumes the narration from that point and continues up to the suicide of Leandro N. Alem in 1896. The third one, aired in 2008 on Telefé, resumes as well from the end of previous season and ends with the meeting of Juan Domingo Perón and Eva Duarte at the Luna Park during a fund-raising to help after the San Juan earthquake.

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  • Poster for Sandy and Junior

    Sandy and Junior 1999

    Two high school students have a life of flirting, misadventures and friendship with a group of friends.

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  • Poster for Rincón de Luz

    Rincón de Luz 2003

    Rincón de Luz is a 2003 Argentinian telenovela for children and teenagers. It was originally aired in 2003 on Canal 9. The show was produced by Cris Morena, who is also the creator of the show. Rincón de Luz is a kind of spin-off of Chiquititas, Cris Morena's show.

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  • Poster for Angel Face

    Angel Face 2016

    Follows the live of a sweet 5-years-old cheerful girl named Dulce Maria who lives in a rural Catholic boarding school with another girls and friendly nuns, and recently discovers that her widowed father returned to stay with her, after Dulce's mother tragically died in an accident. But the presence of an unpleasant stepmother threatens the relationship between father and daughter.

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  • Poster for Lupi & Baduki

    Lupi & Baduki 2024

    Two very different friends – Lupi – a maned wolf, super confident and full of energy, and Baduki – a dreamy and introverted sloth – embark on adventures while learning about differences, friendship and the world. In fact, everyone in Vila Figueira has many differences between them… but that doesn’t stop them from being friends and having fun!

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  • Poster for Pages of Life

    Pages of Life 2006

    Nanda must rethink her plansof studying in Amsterdam when she discovers she is pregnant. After losing the support of her boyfriend Léo, the young girl decides to return home, where she suffers a serious accident and dies.However, Helena, her doctor, is able to save her new-born twins: Francisco and Clara. Unfortunately, Clara suffers from Downs Syndrome. Helena feels a strong emotional tie to Clara and adopts her.Years later, the twins’father Léo, a young and wealthy businessman, returns to the scene, wanting to gain custody of the children.However, Helena and Alex fight to the end to retain guardianship of the twins, whom they have raised with such love.

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  • Poster for Peter the Great: Greater Than Ever

    Peter the Great: Greater Than Ever 2024

    After twenty years abroad, Pedro returns to Colombia and once again falls in love with the wrong woman. Fernanda is his son's boss and future mother-in-law, which puts Junior's rising career at risk. To protect him, Pedro hides their blood ties from everyone, and works on rebuilding their troubled relationship whilst trying to navigate his love life.

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  • Poster for Celia

    Celia 2015

    She dared to challenge the status quo in a time where salsa music was only a white-male territory. For the first time, the details of an amazing life will be told through a powerful drama that will have you glued to your seat. This Fall, get to know the woman who became the queen of salsa. Tune in to Telemundo for "CELIA", the story of Celia Cruz. Azúcar!

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  • Poster for To Love You

    To Love You 2020

    4 friends of different ages who are soccer fans and have a small team. In addition to this, the 4 are non-conventional parents who will have to assume their role as parents.

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  • Poster for De Onde Vem?

    De Onde Vem? 2001

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  • Poster for Tiny Angels

    Tiny Angels 1995

    A caretaker at an orphanage does her best to take care of the children living there, despite the actions of the orphanage's owner.

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