Stichwort Telenovela

Martin (Manolo Cardona) wächst in ärmlichen Verhältnissen auf und kommt schon früh mit Drogengeschäften in Kontakt, die ihm als Eintrittskarte in das Notre-des-Valles-Kartell dienen. Damit will er vor allem Sofia (Juana Acosta) beeindrucken, in die er bereits als Kind verliebt war. Im Laufe der Jahre arbeitet sich Martin im Kartell immer weiter nach oben. Doch ein Geheimnis, das Martin verbirgt, hindert ihn daran, bis zur Spitze aufzusteigen. Als durch den Tod des höchsten Kartell-Bosses viele Männer mit Machteinfluss ermordet werden, gerät Martin ins Visier des Kartells. Die Drogenfahndung ergreift die Chance, ihn als einen Informanten zu verpflichten und im Gegenzug sein Geheimnis zu bewahren. Doch damit dies gewährleistet werden kann, muss Martin noch einen sehr riskanten Job erledigen...

Als für die Kino-Verfilmung einer äußert erfolgreichen Telenovela die neue Hauptrolle in einem öffentlichen Casting gesucht wird, machen sich viele junge Frauen aus unterschiedlichen Schichten und Regionen Mexikos auf, um dieser neue Star zu werden. Dabei lernen wir einige Protagonistinnen und ihre sozialen Hintergründe und Motivationen kennen und dürfen gespannt miterleben wer am Ende gewinnen wird und was für wen am Ende wirklich zählt. Eine mexikanische Komödie, die nicht nur auf den ausgetrampelten Pfaden der Miss-Wahlen- und Ich-werde-ein-Star-Filmen bleibt, aber diese durchaus auch bedient.

Kelders van Geheime (Cellars of Secrets) is a South African, Afrikaans-language telenovela based on the wheeling's and dealings of the community that lives on Soebatskloof (a wine farm in the Cape). The series focuses on three families: the Abrahams, Syster and Marais households. These families will have to stand together, agree (or agree to disagree), and work together to earn their bread and butter – and a glass of wine.

Tino, a single father who faces great challenges in raising his two children, finds out one day that he is also the father of two rebellious teenagers, children of Aidé, a former high school classmate who has become an important businesswoman. For Tino, this news becomes an opportunity to take on the role of father of the children he never knew he had. Thus, he begins to work at Aidé's company, but everything gets complicated when Tino and his family move into Aidé's house to integrate into her new life. The house becomes a battlefield, both of their children have problems adapting, and love resurfaces between Tino and Aidé and a torrid romance begins. But building this new life for Aidé, Tino and their children will not be easy; they will have to face serious obstacles, always supported by the strength of their love and that of their children.

These are the stories of relationships taking place in the fictional five-star hotel Fürstenhof, located in Feldkirchen-Westerham near Rosenheim with the plot revolving around members of the family room area, the hotel owners, and employees.

The story begins with the ambiguous relationship between friends Viola and Luma, who seem predestined to literally enter each other's lives. Born on the same day, in very different situations, they meet years later, united by coincidences that go beyond their birthday. From humble origins, Viola moves with her boyfriend Mavi to Angra dos Reis, where Luma lives a luxurious life and dates Rudá, who ends up meeting Viola by chance. Thus begins the duo's journey, which goes from a passion for recipes to an obsession with the same man, from the immediate connection to the point of starting to live their friend’s reality, 10 years later. A journey divided between complicity and rivalry, which includes them in a love quadrangle and is impacted by a series of circumstances, twists and surprises, such as the secret surrounding a murder.

A delightful family drama that asks the true meaning of 'happiness' by showing various aspects of marriage such as divorce, remarriage, and single life, and brings about empathy and laughter from all generations. Maeng Gong Hee is a contract designer at Jayce Fashion. Having inherited her strong mother's spirit and her former detective father's athletic ability, she is a rare wild woman these days who has the guts to survive even if she were to be stranded on a deserted island. Gu Dan Soo is the grandson of Jayce Fashion Chairman Hwang Ik Seon and born to a wealthy father and a poor mother. Dan Soo, who was living as a free spirit in a foreign country, comes to Korea according to his grandmother's plan to make a successor to the chairman out of him and he reunites with childhood friend Maeng Gong Hee once again.

A South African, Afrikaans-language telenovela which takes place in and around a competitive swimming club, Die Swartmarlyne.

The telenovella 'Milo' is a modern musical fairy tale. The series tells the story of Milo, a very talented baker's daughter with a golden voice, who is forced to hide her talent from the outside world. No matter how hard she dreams of a life full of singing and music.

The adventures of Vicenta Acero, the feared coyote who now leads the dynasty of illicit dealings once under the control of her father.

Love and marriage bloom in a game of truth with a woman who lives a fake life and a woman who tries to reveal it.

A young woman born in a mafia-controlled town seeks revenge on those who wrongfully harmed and imprisoned her family.

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 used to transport drugs, he was also known for washing more than $200 million through Colombia to finance his huge fleet. He is described as the most powerful drug trafficker of his time.

Taking place mainly in Bogotá, Colombia, Betty La Fea is essentially a Cinderella comedy about the rise of poor, ugly 'Betty' Pinzón and the fall of rich, handsome Armando Mendoza. Armando is a very incompetent playboy with a scheme to turn a huge profit as the new President of Eco Moda, a famous clothing manufacturing company, but his scheme is doomed because of his faulty mathematics. Because Betty, his secretary (and economics wizard), is in love with him, she helps Armando deceive the Board of Directors as he loses money and brings the company to ruin. Betty, la Fea is arguably the most successful telenovela of all time and one of the most popular television shows in the world. It is the first telenovela to have been remade worldwide and has been regarded as bringing the telenovela to new levels of success.

Family is the most important thing, and the children of Władysław and Maria Lubicz from Warsaw can always count on each other, no matter what surprises life offers.

After spending seventeen years in prison unfairly, a talented songwriter seeks revenge on the men who sank her and killed her family.

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 his criminal empire. Pablo expands his power through politics but it is not long before his conflicts as a Congressman and a drug lord collide. Pablo has his enemies executed, but not before the United States activates its own war on the Medellin cartel.

Stories about people who get into problems who use the help of Virgin Mary and where a rose appears and their problems are solved.

Worlds collide when a vengeance-obsessed young woman from the other side of the tracks captures the attention of two well-off friends.

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.

Eda, who ties all her hopes to her education, confronts Serkan Bolat, who cuts off her international education scholarship and leaves her with high school diploma. Serkan Bolat offers Eda to give her scholarship back if she pretends to be his fiance for two months. Although Eda rejects the offer of this man as she hates him, she has to accept it when the conditions change. While pretending to be engaged, Serkan and Eda begin to experience a passionate, challenging relationship that will make them forget all they know right. Because love is difficult. And that's why it's amazing.

A comedy-drama following a chaste young woman who is accidentally impregnated via artificial insemination as she struggles to inform her devoutly religious family and make the right choices concerning the child. Based on the telenovela "Juana la virgen."