Netflix shares the release date and official teaser art of One Hundred Years of Solitude. The series is based on the masterpiece by Gabriel García Márquez and directed by Laura Mora and Alex García López. One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the most ambitious audiovisual projects in the history of Latin America. The series was shot in Colombia with the approval of the Nobel laureate for literature's family. The first part of the series, consisting of two parts of eight episodes each, can be seen exclusively on Netflix from December 11, 2024.
About One Hundred Years of Solitude:
José Arcadio Buendía and Úrsula Iguarán are first cousins who marry against their parents' wishes. They leave their village and embark on a long journey in search of a new home. Accompanied by friends and adventurers, their journey ends with the creation of a new city on the banks of a river with prehistoric stones, which they call Macondo. Several generations of the Buendía lineage shape the future of this mythical city, ravaged by madness, impossible loves, a bloody and absurd war and the fear of a terrible curse that condemns them hopelessly to a hundred years of loneliness.
Published in 1967, One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the most famous works by Gabriel García Márquez, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982. The book is considered a masterpiece of Spanish-American and universal literature and has sold more than 50 million copies. sold and translated into more than 40 languages.
In the words of the directors:
"As a filmmaker and as a Colombian, it has been an honor and a huge challenge to work on a project as complex and entailing so much responsibility as One Hundred Years of Solitude. We have always tried to understand the difference between the literary and to create audiovisual languages and images that capture the beauty, poetry and depth of a work that influenced the entire world. We did it with love and respect for the novel, with the support of an exceptional technical and professional team." – Laura Mora
“Directing this project has been both a challenge and an adventure, ultimately taking risks in life is necessary to give meaning to what we do. When making One Hundred Years of Solitude my intention was to create something authentic create that has the stature of an international production, because the story deserves it." – Alex García López
Episodes: two parts of 8 episodes each
Directors part 1: Alex García López (episodes 1, 2, 3, 7 and 8) and Laura Mora (episodes 4, 5 and 6)
Executive Producers: Diego Ramírez Schrempp, Juliana Flórez Luna, Andrés Calderón, Josep Amorós, Carolina Caicedo, Alex García López, Laura Mora, José Rivera, Rodrigo García and Gonzalo García Barcha
Production company: Dynamo
Writers: José Rivera, Natalia Santa, Camila Brugés and Albatros González
One Hundred Years of Solitude can be seen worldwide on Netflix from December 11
