Don’t miss One Hundred Years of Solitude on Netflix

Seven generations of the ancestral Buendia family are evoked in an adaptation based on the novel of the same name by Nobel Prize winner for Literature Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

The Colombian writer who gave life in 1967 to a work full of charm and magical realism is released for the first time in audiovisual format.

The series was directed by Alex Garcia Lopez and Laura Mora, produced by Dynamo and distributed by Netflix.

“One Hundred Years of Solitude” premieres on December 11th, 2024 to reveal an impressive world where its inhabitants struggle with their destiny.

 

Synopsis

“When they marry against their parents’ will, cousins ​​Jose Arcadio Buendia and Ursula Iguaran leave their town 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 name Macondo.

Several generations of the Buendia family will mark the future of this mythical town, tormented by madness, impossible loves, a bloody and absurd war.

In addition, the fear of a terrible curse that condemns them, without any hope, to one hundred years of solitude.”

 

Production

Netflix acquired the rights in 2019.

The film was made with the authorization of Garcia Marquez’s family, who requested that the production be in Colombia with Colombian actors and in Spanish.

It was filmed from May to December 2023 in Colombia where several places were visited such as La Guajira, Magdalena, Cesar, Cundinamarca and Tolima.

The fictional town of Macondo was adapted near Ibague, Colombia where four versions of the place were built to show the passage of time.

The series represents one of the most ambitious audiovisual projects in the history of Latin America.

 

Main Characters

Claudio Cataño, Marco Antonio Gonzalez Ospina, Susana Morales Cañas, Diego Vasquez, Marleyda Soto, Akima, Loren Sofia Paz Jara, Janer Villarreal, Edgar Vittorino and Viña Machado

Santiago Vasquez, Jeronimo Echeverria and Jeronimo Baron, Andrius Leonardo Soto, Thiago Padilla, Loren Sofia Paz, Luna Ruiz, Akima, Moreno Borja.

 

Cast

Ruggero Pasquarelli, Jairo Camargo, Jacqueline Arenal, Cristal Aparicio, Yojanna Angulo Sanchez, Alvaro Garcia, Ella Becerra, Carlos Suarez, Fernando Bocanegra.

Edwin Zamorano, Braian Aburaad, Salvador del Solar, Helber Eddward, Dairis Van Grieken,

Andris Pana, Laura Alonso, Mariam Castañeda, Rashed Estefenn, Janer Plata and Quique Mendoza.

 

Credits

*Directed by: Alex Garcia Lopez, Laura Mora

*Based on: “One Hundred Years of Solitude” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

*Written by: Jose Rivera, Natalia Santa, Camila Bruges, Maria Camila Arias, Albatros Gonzalez.

*Executive producers: Gonzalo Garcia Barcha, Rodrigo Garcia Barcha, Diego Ramirez-Schrempp.

*Producer: Josep Amoros

*Cinematography: Paulo Perez, Maria Sarasvati

*Composers: Camilo Sanabria, Juan Diego “Juancho” Valencia

*Editors: Irene Blecua, Jonathan Pellicer, Miguel Schverdfinger

*Production company: Dynamo

*Distributor: Netflix

*Original language: Spanish

*Country of origin: Colombia

*Genre: fiction

 

Article by:

Jackeline Gonzalez L.

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