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Adapting One Hundred Years of Solitude into a film seems like an incredibly difficult task for two main reasons
In the timeless town of Macondo, seven generations of the Buendía family journey through love, oblivion, and the inevitable past and their fate. This is the most expensive Netflix project to date in Latin America, with Colombian indigenous groups and communities constructing the props and sets for the series.
Sometimes this fusion is so intense that it seems impossible to separate them
First, the novel belongs to the so-called specific literary movement pioneered by South American writers, especially Gabriel García Márquez, in which the story is told through a fusion of reality and fantasy. Naturally, translating such scenes into cinematic language runs the risk of exposing them to absurdity and not achieving a satisfactory cinematic form.
The second reason is the novel’s inherent complexity
However, watching the first episode of One Hundred Years of Solitude showed that the creators managed to convey this magical and surreal feeling to the audience without being ridiculous. Reading “One Hundred Years of Solitude” is difficult due to the repeated use of identical names for different characters, as well as the non-linear narrative and frequent disruptions to the timeline.
These elements can be boring for the reader
Fortunately, the series does not have such problems, effectively transforming the 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 streaming premieres of the month.