The Mafia Dolls
2009
Original language: Spanish
- drama
- crime
The story
Las Muñecas De La Mafia is a 2009 Colombian telenovela produced by BE-TV and broadcast by Caracol TV. It's based on Juan Camilo Ferrand and Andres Lopez's book "Las Fantásticas". They also wrote the scripts for the television series. The telenovela will debut soon on the Telefutura Network. Series debuted on May 3, 2010 after the Vecinos finale. The show ended July 2010 in the U.S. It talks about the story of Brenda, Olivia, Violeta, Renata and Pamela. They get into trouble throughout the series because they get involved with some mafia guys from "El Carmen" in Colombia.They all have sad endings. Pamela immigrates, at the end of the story, to the United States of America to try to get away from trouble and be close to her father, who was a pilot and end up in jail because he was captured by DEA taking cocaine to U.S in a plain, and ends up as a maid but tells Brenda she is happy and having a great life. Olivia ends up in jail for having a fake wedding with a Braulio Bermudez and getting some of his properties. Violeta dies when the two mafia opposite sides were going to end a war that was going on in between them.Renata also dies because she was force by erick, to pay money she owe him, to carry drugs in her stomach to the United States and no one of her loved ones knew because she had no identification on her. Brenda ends up being pregnant by Braulio, she never saw him again, because he was taken to an US jail. This is a very exiting story to see and it shows how easy life is never a good choice, might be nice and easy at the beginning but some day all ends.
What it’s like
Bright, glossy studio lighting, saturated colors, and crisp digital video give this telenovela the familiar soap look: wide shots of lavish interiors, nightclubs and upscale Colombian houses, and tight close-ups held on faces during confrontations and tearful reactions. Camera work is conventional and steady, with dramatic music cues that swell at every cliffhanger and reveal. The vibe is melodramatic and fast-moving, with a glamorous sheen over a darker undercurrent of drug money and gang loyalty. Its pacing is serialized and episodic, built around escalating reversals and emotional peaks rather than quiet stretches. The arc follows a group of friends whose bonds are tested as their choices pull them into a dangerous underworld, and the emotional register runs from romantic longing to grief. Violence is present and sometimes sudden, including shootings and deaths, but it is staged in soap style rather than graphic, and sexual content stays implied. It suits a long weekend binge or a comfort watch for viewers who enjoy operatic family drama, crime-tinged romance, and sweeping, unapologetically emotional storytelling.
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