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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 destiny. This is Netflix’s most expensive project in Latin America to date, involving Colombian groups and indigenous communities in the construction of the series’ props and sets. Adapting One Hundred Years of Solitude into a film seems like an extremely difficult task for two main reasons. First, this novel belongs to a specific literary movement initiated by South American writers, especially Gabriel García Márquez, where the story is told through a combination 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 runs the risk of seeming absurd and failing to achieve a satisfactory cinematic form. However, after watching the first episode of the series “One Hundred Years of Solitude”, it was clear that the creators managed to convey to the audience this magical and surreal feeling, but it would not seem funny. The second reason is the inherent complexity of the novel. One Hundred Years of Solitude is a difficult read due to the constant use of identical titles for different characters, as well as the non-linear narrative and frequent interruptions in the timeline. These elements can be exhausting for the reader. Fortunately, there are no such issues in the series, which has managed to transform a non-linear narrative into a linear one, allowing for a strong connection with the audience. “One Hundred Years of Solitude” is one of the biggest TV and broadcast premieres of this month. Check out our December calendar for more information!