TV series

Botineras

2009–2010 · 1 season

A glossy, fast-moving melodrama that blends football glamour with police intrigue, shifting from light comedy to darker suspense.

Overview: Botineras is an Argentine telenovela produced by Endemol and Underground. Airing on Telefe, it was premiered on November 24, 2009, and was broadcast until August 25, 2010. It works around football players, their mediatic romances and police investigations. In the beginning the telenovela had a comedy approach, but later shifted to give more prominence to the policial genre. The main actors at the beginning were Florencia Peña and Nicolás Cabré, Peña decided to resign some time after the genre shift as her character lost importance for the plot, whereas the ones played by Romina Gaetani and Isabel Macedo gained notability.
How it feels: Tense, satirical, melancholic and campy. Brisk and easy to follow.
About: Crime, celebrity, betrayal, love
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
celebrity
betrayal
love
power
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild