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In the timeless town of Macondo, seven generations of the Buendía family navigate love, oblivion and the inescapability of their past and their fate.. This is Netflix’s most expensive Latin American-made project to date, with Colombian groups and indigenous communities constructing props and sets for the series.. 100 años de soledad is one of the great summits of literature in Spanish language. Its style is unparalleled and its scope is beyond imagination. Its characters are so well portrayed that any screenwriter would have no problem writing them for the screen. But the apparently unsurmountable problem to adapt the novel was its duration. To compress one hundred years of family and national history was an impossible task. After almost 60 years since its publication the novel has found a cinematographic home in Netflix. Only streaming can do it justice, and the 2 first episodes are really promising. Great photography, art direction and respect to the characters. The voice over is necessary to let the wonderful prose of García Marquez emerge from time to time. The plot evolves smoothly with richness and depth. I love it, and I was a bit skeptical that GGM’s magic world could be translated to the screen. Wall, so far it’s a success in my book.. "One Hundred Years of Solitude" is one of the biggest TV and streaming premieres this month. Check out our December calendar for more!
