Check out the review and watch the trailer for a six-episode miniseries on Netflix from the director and producers of the hit series “Narcos.”
The true story of a female drug trafficker at the basis of an interesting new miniseries on Netflix ideal for those who loved “Narcos”, of which it is the spin-off and with which it shares direction and production. The absolute protagonist is the infamous “Colombian drug lady”, Griselda Blancomasterfully interpreted by Sofia Vergara (“Modern Family”) and directed by Andres Baiz.
It’s simply called “Griselda”, this serial production divided into six episodes lasting about an hour each, inspired by the life of the woman who managed to create one of the most powerful drug cartels in history. The reception by the Web public was positive, both from the point of view of reviews and from the point of view of scores.
The approval rating is 78%. Googlewhile on Rotten Tomatoes it rises to 87% and finally up IMDb is 7.2 out of 10. But in general this miniseries distributed by Netflix seems to have conquered that segment of users fascinated by productions that investigate the shady affairs of South American crime.
“Griselda” is a product that manages to capture attention thanks to a vintage atmosphere, with costumes and sets that reproduce a rather authentic situation. Just take a peek at trailer on Youtube or on the official channel to realize it. The settings are ambivalent, with that profile bordering on telenovelas which is not displeasing given the theme.
It is certainly not a series for everyone, but for those who love the specific topic that shows so much violence, cruelty and crudeness from a visual point of view. But in its genre, this miniseries on Netflix seems to work. At the center of it all, there is a woman from a miserable childhood who reclaims her place as a leader among criminals and murderers.
A difficult if not impossible undertaking, also and above all because she is a woman. But not for the one who would later become the “Godmother” of whom Pablo Escobar was also afraid.
A crescendo of brutal murders, a vortex of addictions, cruelty, ruthless actions in a story that is somewhat fictionalized due to its rendering streaming on Netflixbut based on real facts, which will lead this woman from the delirium of omnipotence to defeat.
There plotspecifically, he meets Griselda, who grew up in Medellín with an alcoholic mother, a prostitute since adolescence, at the end of the Seventies intent on running away from her husband and then taking refuge in Miami.
There begins the construction of a gigantic drug trafficking empire.
He hires his former workmates (mostly prostitutes) and makes them move around with bras full of narcotic substances. Her goal is to make money, but without considering the fact that the market was already full of other narcos.
Ruthless people who don’t want her as a point of reference and as a “boss”, and not easy to corrupt in order to make way for others.
From here, a war to the death and an unprecedented lust for power that will lead her to build an unparalleled empire, but which will then cause her to collapse like a clay giant due to an uncontrolled delirium.
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