The series adaptation of One Hundred Years of Solitude promises to be faithful to the novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Netflix is ​​getting on the page with great novels. The streaming platform will produce the series One Hundred Years of Solitude, inspired by the novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombian crowned with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982.

One Hundred Years of Solitude tells the story of the life of a family who created the village of Macondo in Colombia. Torn between societal subjects (war, incest, family, solitude) and the novelist's crazy imagination (magic potion, pig-tailed child, curse), the Buendia family has seduced several generations of readers. After Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, One Hundred Years of Solitude is the best-known Spanish-language book in the world. Translated into forty languages, sold more than fifty million copies, this timeless novel has left its mark on South American literature.

The series was announced in 2019, followed by a first teaser in 2022 on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the Nobel Prize for Literature to Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Netflix obtained the rights to adapt the book five years ago when no one had ever had them before. The American company obtained the full support of the author's family to film its production in Colombia. The release of the first images last week coincides with the tenth anniversary of the Nobel Prize winner's death.

Colombian production company Dynamo is carrying “one of the most ambitious projects in Latin America to date” declared the streaming platform. For a sharp Made in Colombia, the cast is made up of "the most talented actors in Colombia and Latin America", including Marco González (Jose Arcadio Buendía), Leonardo Soto (José Arcadio's son), Susana Morales (Úrsula Iguarán ), Ella Becerra (Petronila), Carlos Suaréz (Aureliano Iguarán), Moreno Borja (Melquiades).

The adaptation of the masterpiece in sixteen episodes could attract a new audience. Having already won over an entire generation to writing, producing it on the small screen will capture the attention of new audiences.