La saga: Negocio de familia

Plot synopsis:
1930: Exile This is the story of the Manrique, a provincial family that moved to Bogotá after one of its patriarchs decided to try his luck in the city. He ended up founding a criminal organization by accident and decided to strengthen it. Then, he tried to reintegrate into society but tragically succumbed after having created an illegal world.
The decade of the 30s brought a radical, violent, and armed political conflict to the country. Tomás Manrique, a man of class and wealthy family, had to flee his home town with his wife Josefina and his son Pedrito. During the night, an armed group unexpectedly barges into a party, killing every male they found to be in the opposing political party. When this war that Tomás had decided not to be a part of had begun, he moves to the capital with his family helped by a worker from the railway station. The worker, Pascual Martinez, leads them to a small inn owned by Magnolia, a woman dedicated to witchcraft. However, Pascual, in complicity with Magnolia, breaks into the family's room and steals their money, after Pascual decides he can be cheated. When Tomás confronts him, he is brutally beaten, but when he recovers from his wounds, Tomás takes revenge by stealing Pascual's gold cuff links from his room. Later, both men settle their differences and go to a brothel owned by Deborah, Pascual's lover. The brothel becomes a haunt for both of them. Helped by Pascual, Tomás accepts a job in a factory that manufactures screws.
One afternoon, a group of thieves enters the factory. Tomás accidentally ends up being the hero when he immobilizes the criminals, winning the respect and trust of his boss Facundo, who allows Tomás, dandy by nature, to enter and desire his wealthy lifestyle, full of luxury and commodity. But Tomás knows that collecting such a fortune means many years of hard work, and he is not willing to wait that long. He decides to rob his boss's house with the complicity of Pascual, a thief and new friend. In order to get the guns for this, they made a deal with a mobster who, in return, asks for part of the loot and takes Pedro, Tomás's son, as a guarantee. Tomás accepts the deal, but things get complicated, and he ends up accidentally killing his boss and also later killing the mobster who lent them the guns, thereby not sharing any of the loot. He rescues his son and gets home with a feeling of having done the right thing.
This marks the beginning of a world of crime in the life of Tomás, and little by little, the Manriques rise to the point of a stable income and well-being through legal and illegal businesses. Tomás's dream of becoming a well-established, honest businessman and gentleman never come true, and he slowly resigns himself to work in the underworld.
1940s: The Legacy
Ten years later, Pedro has become 20. Pedro falls in love with the daughter of the man who killed the men of his village. Pedro plays poker with the man and with help from Pasqual he gets all of the man's money. His daughter hated Pedro when she found out that her father lost the money she made a deal. The deal was if she could beat him she would get the money back for her father. If she lost she would have sex with him. He almost lost but, wins he tells her he is better than that.

Tags: romantic, revenge, murder, violence, historical fiction

Review:
The best Colombian TV series ever. I was born in Colombia and, honestly, the local TV series are bad (most of them). We got some success with comedies (like "Betty the ugly"). But the good drama finally arrives: La Saga is the best series done here ever. It has a very good story, surprises, good production, great cast... it really surprised me. I never believed that in our country we would make a production like this, but we did it and it was a success.And, what is the best thing about this series? That it tells the story of a family through generations... that's great.People in other countries (like in US) should consider to buy the plot and to produce it, according to the country. I really recommend La Saga.. the best Colombian soap opera/series I've ever seen. nobody can't deny to me that Colombian prime-time sucked to hell, before "La Saga". Horrible soap operas like "Pasión de gavilanes", "Me amarás bajo la lluvia", "La Caponera", "Siete veces amada", "Sofía, dame tiempo", "La otra mitad del sol", etc. La Saga charmed people since episode 1, with its excellent narrative, and the excellent story of a cursed family, and the excellent production design. It had the best cast ensemble you can see, and the most incredible thing was that all the actors are Colombian. No exception. Dago García is the best Colombian TV and cinema writer (he has written 8 movies so far), and his creativity and character design is perfect. I never missed one episode, and I hope the network that transmitted it release it out on DVD.