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Synopsis
In the timeless city of Macondo, seven generations of the Buendía family navigate love, oblivion and the necessity of their past and their destiny. This is Netflix’s most expensive project to date in Latin America with Colombian groups and indigenous people.
Sometimes this merging is so intense that separating the two seems impossible
Adapting One Hundred Years of Solitude into a film seems to be an extremely difficult task for two main reasons. First of all, this novel belongs to a specific literary movement pioneered by South American writers, especially Gabriel García Márquez, where the story is told through the interweaving of reality and fantasy.
The second reason is the inherent complexity of the novel
Naturally, translating such scenes into the cinema runs the risk of appearing absurd and not achieving a satisfactory cinematic form. However, watching the first episode of One Hundred Years of Solitude revealed that the creators managed to convey this magical and surreal feeling to the audience without making it look ridiculous.
These elements can exhaust the reader
One Hundred Years of Solitude is difficult to read due to the repeated use of the same names for different characters, as well as non-linear narration and frequent disruptions of the timeline. Fortunately, such problems are absent in the series, successfully transforming a non-linear story into a linear one, allowing it to establish a strong connection with the audience.