We didn’t have to wait long for specifics. A few weeks after the first announcements, Netflix announced that “One Hundred Years of Solitude” will hit the platform later this year. Or at least the first part of the film adaptation of Marquez’s cult novel.
“One Hundred Years of Solitude” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a literary classic. A novel so extraordinary that… all previous attempts to adapt it to the screen have been abandoned. Movies turned out to be insufficient, so Netflix will take us to the world of magical realism in a TV series, which will be divided into two seasons. The first of them will be available on the platform in December.
‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ from Netflix: everything you need to know about the series
If you have never had the opportunity to read Marquez’s novel, then… first of all: it is worth catching up as soon as possible. For those who hear for the first time about the novel for which the author was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature – a few words of introduction. “One Hundred Years of Solitude” is an epic novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, which takes readers to the fictional city of Macondo. The whole story begins with the founding of the city by Jose Arcadio Buendia and his wife Ursula Iguaran, and then we follow the fate of the Buendia dynasty for several generations. Set in the atmosphere of magical realism, the novel fell in love with readers all over the world. Marquez masterfully plays with form, weaving in fantastic elements, often serving as a metaphor for Latin American mythology.
Working on a project as complex and burdened with such great responsibility as “One Hundred Years of Solitude” was an honor and a huge test. When creating the series, we tried to understand the difference between literary and audiovisual language and be able to create images that contain the beauty, poetry and depth of a work that has influenced the entire world. We did it with love and respect for the novel, with the support of an exceptional team, says Laura Mora, one of the production’s directors.
“One Hundred Years of Solitude” from Netflix: two seasons, eight episodes each. The first of them will premiere this year
Netflix officially announces that “One Hundred Years of Solitude” will be divided into two parts – eight episodes each. And although we do not know when the complete set will be available, the platform announced that the premiere of the first half of the series will take place in December. On December 11, the first eight episodes of “One Hundred Years of Solitude” will appear on Netflix.
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– Directing this project was both a challenge and an adventure. After all, in life, taking risks is necessary to give meaning to what we do. When working on the adaptation of “One Hundred Years of Solitude”, my goal was to create something authentic that would have the rank of an international production, because this story deserves it – adds second director Alex García López.
