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In the timeless town of Macondo, seven generations of the Buendía family navigate love, oblivion, and the inevitability of their past and their destiny. This is the most expensive project produced in Latin America to date, with Colombian teams and indigenous communities building the props and sets for the series. Adapting One Hundred Years of Solitude into a film seems like an extremely difficult task for two main reasons. First, the novel belongs to a specific literary movement pioneered by South American writers, particularly Gabriel García Márquez, in which the story is told through a mixture of reality and fantasy. Sometimes, this fusion is so intense that it seems impossible to separate the two. Naturally, translating such scenes into film risks making them seem absurd and failing to achieve a satisfying cinematic form. However, watching the first episode of the One Hundred Years of Solitude series revealed that the creators managed to convey this magical and absurd feeling to the audience without making it seem ridiculous. The second reason is the inherent complexity of the novel. One Hundred Years of Solitude is challenging to read due to the repeated use of the same names for different characters, as well as its nonlinear narrative and frequent interruptions in the timeline. These elements can tire the reader. Fortunately, such problems are absent in the series, which successfully transforms the nonlinear narrative into a linear one, allowing it to establish a strong connection with the audience. “One Hundred Years of Solitude” is one of the biggest TV and streaming premieres this month. Check out our December calendar for more!