Gabriel García Márquez’s masterpiece “One Hundred Years of Solitude” (Cien Años de Soledad) is being brought to the screen thanks to Netflix. The emblematic novel, published in 1967, has been long considered a work impossible to adapt to another format, due to its complexity and extensiveness.
Moreover, García Márquez, or Gabo, as the Nobel prize-winning author was known, was against the idea of adapting the novel, as he always thought that his vision wouldn’t be honored if the book was turned into a movie. Especially one in English.
However, his son Rodrigo García, known for his work as filmmaker, has teamed up with Netflix to try to do justice to one of the greatest works in literature in a 16-episode series in Spanish. And the streamer has finally released the first teaser of the upcoming show, which was filmed in Colombia. Here’s all you need to know.
Who is behind the series ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’?
The series will be directed by the Argentinian Alex García Lopez, known for working in series such as The Witcher and Daredevil, and Colombian filmmaker Laura Mora, who won the Golden Shell at the San Sebastian Film Festival in 2022 due to her film “Los reyes del mundo.”
‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ Cast: Who is in the series?
Claudio Cataño plays Colonel Aureliano Buendía (adult)
Jerónimo Barón plays Aureliano Buendía (child)
Marco González plays José Arcadio Buendía
Leonardo Soto plays José Arcadio (son)
Susana Morales plays Úrsula Iguarán
Ella Becerra plays Petronilla
Carlos Suárez plays Aureliano Iguarán
Moreno Borja plays Melquiades
Santiago Vásquez plays Aureliano Buendía (teenager)
What is ‘One Hundred Year of Solitude’ about?
The book (and the series) follows several generations of the Buendía lineage, starting with cousins José Arcadio Buendía and Úrsula Iguarán, who get married against the will of their parents and then embark on a journey which ends in the foundation of Macondo, an utopian village.
García Márquez was known for blending elements of reality and fantasy, in a genre known as magic realism. So, we expect the same for the series, in which each member of the family will be tormented by forbidden and impossible love, war and madness.
‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’: Release Date
Although Netflix has not officially confirmed the release date of ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’, the streaming platform assures that it will be before the end of 2024, so the safest bet is for after summer, in the second half of the year.
