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Stories Set in Colombia
Macondo's solitude, an enchanted valley, Medellín's violent decades and Wayúu desert epics — Colombia gave the world magical realism. Start with García Márquez and these ten, then open the country on StoryTerra's map.
Open Colombia on the StoryTerra map10 famous stories set in Colombia
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Browse 56 books, 167 movies, 60 TV shows and 5 games set in Colombia.
Encanto
The tale of an extraordinary family the Madrigals who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia in a magical house in a vibrant town in a wondrous charmed place called an Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed…
Sound of Freedom
The story of Tim Ballard a former US government agent who quits his job in order to devote his life to rescuing children from global sex traffickers.
Blow
A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and…
Yo soy Betty, la fea
Yo soy Betty, la fea is a telenovela filmed in Colombia, written by Fernando Gaitán and produced from October 25, 1999 to May 8, 2001 by the Colombian network RCN. More than a dozen versions of the telenovela have been…
The Lord of the Skies
Set in the 1990s, these are the life and times of Amado Carrillo Fuentes, a man who became the head of the Juárez cartel. Nicknamed “El Señor de los Cielos” (Lord of the Skies) because of the large fleet of airplanes he…
Missing
When her mother disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend June’s search for answers is hindered by international red tape. Stuck thousands of miles away in Los Angeles June creatively uses all the…
Narcos
A gritty chronicle of the war against Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.
Pablo Escobar: The Drug Lord
Pablo is a man with a natural ability for business. Early in his life, Pablo is introduced to the business of cocaine and the power it yields. A young life of crime lands Pablo in and out of jail as he builds is…
Gemini Man
Henry Brogan is an elite 51-year-old assassin who's ready to call it quits after completing his 72nd job. His plans get turned upside down when he becomes the target of a mysterious operative who can seemingly predict…
The Queen of Flow
After spending seventeen years in prison unfairly, a talented songwriter seeks revenge on the men who sank her and killed her family.
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