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In the timeless town of Macondo, seven generations of the Buendía family struggle with love, forgetting, and their past and their destiny. This is Netflix’s most expensive Latin American production to date, with Colombian teams and indigenous peoples building the props and sets for the series. Adapting One Hundred Years of Solitude into a film must have been an extremely difficult task for two main reasons. First, the novel belongs to a specific literary movement pioneered by South American writers, most notably Gabriel García Márquez, in which the story is told through a mixture of reality and fantasy. At times, this fusion is so intense that it seems impossible to separate the two. Naturally, translating such scenes into film makes them seem absurd and fails 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 surreal feeling to the audience without appearing ridiculous. The second reason is the inherent complexity of the novel. One Hundred Years of Solitude is challenging to read due to its repeated use of similar names for various characters, as well as its non-linear narrative and constant interruptions in the timeline. These elements can tire the reader. Fortunately, such problems are absent in the series, and the non-linear narrative is successfully transformed 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!
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