Variety Inside the Frame: ‘Griselda’ DP Armando Salas on Putting Sofia Vergara Front and Center to Reflect Power, Growth and Ambition
variety.comJazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Sofia Vergara’s Griselda declares war on her enemies in episode 4. Not only does she want to exact revenge on those men who have wronged her, she wants her territory back. “Griselda” follows Griselda Blanco’s (Vergara) rise from Colombia to Miami as she builds her drug empire, fearlessly taking on the other cartels to run one of the biggest cartels in history.
Titled “Middle Management,” the episode focuses on Griselda’s growing power, ambition and confidence before she is anointed the “Cocaine Godmother.” The episode opens with Griselda at the car wash.
Cinematographer Armando Salas notes the entire scene was a metaphor for her as she processes and relives the past betrayals. “It’s essentially washing the slate clean as she moves forward into this new chapter of her life, and she goes to war with the dealers and Ochoas,” Salas said sitting down for Variety’s Inside the Frame.
But just as she thinks she has the upper hand; she learns her Miami home has been burned to the ground and several of her closest confidants have been murdered.
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