On a day like today, but in 2014, Gabriel García Márquez died. Now, the acclaimed writer is kept alive thanks to his literary legacy, of which his great work, ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ stands out.
If you’ve read this famous novel, you can now thank Netflix’s idea to bring it to the small screen. The novel, considered García Márquez’s magnum opus, remains widely acclaimed and is recognized as one of the most significant works both in the Hispanic literary canon and in world literature.
The streaming platform surprised us with a series that will transport you directly to Macondo and we already have the first images!
First preview of One Hundred Years of Solitude
In the first preview that Netflix gave us just 10 years after the death of the Colombian writer and journalist, we can hear the voice of Aureliano Babilonia deciphering Melquiades’ diary.
Suddenly, we arrive in Macondo, where Colonel Aureliano Buendía is in front of the firing squad, the same place where “his father took him to see the ice” (as the novel begins)
There are also images of the journey José Arcadio Buendía and Úrsula Iguarán will embark in search of happiness to escape the family curse.
What is One Hundred Years of Solitude about?
“Marrying against their parents’ will, cousins José Arcadio Buendía and Úrsula Iguarán leave their village behind and embark on a long journey in search of a new home. Accompanied by friends and adventurers, their journey culminates with the founding of a utopian town on the banks of a river of prehistoric stones that they baptize Macondo. Several generations of the Buendía lineage will mark the future of this mythical people, tormented by madness, impossible loves, a bloody and absurd war, and the fear of a terrible curse that condemns them, without any hope, to a hundred years of solitude,” reads the official synopsis.
How many episodes does One Hundred Years of Solitude on Netflix have?
The series One Hundred Years of Solitude is made up of 16 episodes; it is written by José Rivera, Natalia Santa, Camila Brugés, María Camila Arias and Albatrós González; and under the direction of the Colombian Laura Mora and the Argentinian Alex García López.
One Hundred Years of Solitude’s Cast
- Claudio Cataño, as adult Colonel Aureliano Buendía
- Jerónimo Barón, as Aureliano Buendía as a child
- Marco Gonzalez as Jose Arcadio Buendia
- Leonardo Soto as José Arcadio Jr.
- Susana Morales as Úrsula Iguaran
- Ella Becerra as Petronila
- Carlos Suarez as Aureliano Iguarán
- Moreno Borja as Melquiades
- Santiago Vásquez as Aureliano Buendía as a teenager
When does One Hundred Years of Solitude premiere on Netflix?
For now there is no specific date, it is only known that it will undoubtedly be this year.
Are you ready to travel to Macondo?
This story was written in spanish by Nayeli Párraga in Cultura Colectiva