16/39
Its style is unparalleled, its scope beyond imagination
In the timeless city of Macondo, seven generations of the Buendía family navigate love, forgetting, and the inevitability of their past and destiny. It is Netflix’s most expensive project to date in Latin America, with Colombian groups and indigenous communities creating props and sets for the series. 100 años de soledad is one of the greatest peaks of Spanish-language literature.
Condensing a hundred years of family and national history was an impossible task
His characters are portrayed so well that any screenwriter would have no problem writing them for the screen. But during the adaptation of the novel, the seemingly insoluble problem was the duration. Nearly 60 years after its publication, the novel has found a cinematic home on Netflix.
The plot unfolds smoothly, with richness and depth
Only streaming can tell, and the first two episodes are very promising. Great cinematography, art direction and respect for the characters. A recording is needed so that García Marquez’s wonderful prose can emerge from time to time.
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I love it and was a little skeptical that the magical world of GGM could be brought to the screen. Wall, that’s a hit so far in my book… ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ is one of the biggest TV and streaming premieres this month.