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In the timeless city of Macondo, seven generations of the Buendía family navigate love, forgetfulness, and the inevitability of their past and destiny. It is Netflix’s most expensive Latin American project to date, with Colombian groups and indigenous communities creating props and sets for the series. 100 Años de Soledad is one of the greatest achievements of Spanish-language literature. Its style is unmatched and its scope is beyond imagination. Its characters are so well-drawn that any screenwriter would have no problem writing them for the screen. But a seemingly insurmountable problem in adapting the novel was its length. Compressing a hundred years of family and national history was an impossible task. Nearly 60 years after its publication, the novel has found its cinematic home on Netflix. Only streaming can do it justice, and the first 2 episodes are truly promising. Superb photography, art direction, and respect for the characters. The voice above is necessary to occasionally bring out García Marquez’s beautiful prose. The plot unfolds with smoothness, richness and depth. I love it and was a little skeptical about the possibility of bringing the magical world of GGM to the screen. Wall, so far it’s a success in my book. “One Hundred Years of Solitude” is one of the biggest TV and streaming premieres this month. Check out our December calendar for more!