A special role is reserved for the iconic chestnut tree. Under this tree, José Arcadio Buendía suffers his lonely fate, while a shower of yellow flowers falls. The first part of the series, consisting of two parts of eight episodes each, can be seen exclusively on Netflix from Wednesday, December 11.
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 cast consists largely of Colombian actors who bring the world of Macondo and the Buendía family to life. The leading roles are played by Marco Antonio González as the young José Arcadio Buendía, Diego Vásquez as the adult José, Susana Morales and Marleyda Soto as the young and adult Úrsula Iguarán and Moreno Borja as the mysterious Melquíades. Other important characters are played by Claudio Cataño, Viña Machado and Edgar Vittorino.
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 founding of a new city on the banks of a river of prehistoric stones, which they call Macondo.
Several generations of the Buendía line 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.
One Hundred Years of Solitude was published in 1967 and 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 been sold more than 50 million times and translated into more than 40 languages.
Watch the trailer below.
