Cent'anni di solitudine

Adapting One Hundred Years of Solitude into a cinematic work appears to be an extremely difficult task for two main reasons.

First, this novel belongs to a specific literary movement, pioneered by South American writers, particularly Gabriel García Márquez, where the story is narrated through the blending of reality and fantasy. At times, this fusion is so intense that separating the two seems impossible. Naturally, translating such scenes into cinema risks making them appear absurd and failing to achieve a satisfactory cinematic form. However, watching the first episode of the series One Hundred Years of Solitude revealed that the creators managed to convey this magical and surreal feeling to the audience without making it seem 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 identical names for different characters, as well as its non-linear narrative and frequent disruptions of the timeline. These elements may exhaust the reader. Fortunately, such issues are absent in the series, which has successfully transformed the non-linear narrative into a linear one, allowing it to establish a strong connection with the audience.

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 to write 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 isolation 🌿

Story: The series, based on the famous novel of Gabriel García Márquez of the same name, revolves around "José Arcadio Buendia" and "Ursula Iguaran", the two relatives who leave their village in search of a new home, after marrying against the wishes of their parents. Accompanied by friends and adventurers, their journey culminates To establishment of a virtuous city on the banks of a river of prehistoric stones called Macondo. Many generations of the Buendia dynasty will determine the future of this legendary city, tormented by madness, impossible love, absurd bloody war, and the fear of a terrible curse that will rule them, without hope, for a hundred years of isolation.

From the beginning of the first episode, it was clear that I was embarking on a impressive work that actually exceeded my expectations

And every episode was exciting me to see the next..

The sequence of events is amazing, tidy and calm, and its clarity on every detail and partiality, and this gave me a beautiful feeling.

Everything is perfect, the performances, sounds and the atmosphere are consistent and wonderful..

Honestly, a very wonderful series, and it didn't disappoint me, it's very enjoyable .

I'm still on episode 4 but so far so good, actually pretty amazing , it was everything I hoped it will be . I know there will be a lot of people will not be happy of this adaptation, but in the end it's a big big novel, we all know it's just unfilmable and like you all know the author didn't agree on adapting the novel before, and now his children's agreed on adapting it, so the result in my opinion is that Netflix managed to adapt it pretty well, maybe not all perfect, but they got it very close, I think they did a remarkable work of recreating the spirit of the novel + the casts is very good , and the locations and all production was satisfying actually. Overall I recommend people to give this a shot and don't let the critics to effect you and also don't let the Netflix name effect on you.

It's an excellent adaptation. We start with an amazing Photography, good representation of the scenarios and creative direction with an approach that respects the original work. They also adapts the events of the book with dedication, and makes use of resources such as conceptual shots to add to the narrative. At the same time it respects in the ethnic and cultural aspect what Colombia is, as a people and society. Traditions, music, food and diversity of races are part of what the Macondo universe is, as well as the history that makes up the years of a violent past in Colombia. This gives way to what is its chronology, which is perfectly threaded, which results in a somewhat different product in its content, but not in a negative connotation for the development of the story. It is, in fact, a work with a lot of dedication, and pretty faithful that evokes the nostalgia of what is a hundred years of solitude and the artistic impact that it had for subsequent generations influenced by Latin American literature and the work of García Marquez.