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In the timeless town of Macondo, seven generations of the Buendia family navigate love, oblivion, and the inevitability of their past and their destiny. For the series. Adapting One Hundred Years of Solitude into a film seems like an extremely difficult task for two main reasons. First, the novel belongs to a particular literary movement pioneered by South American writers, notably Gabriel García Márquez, whose story is told through a mixture of reality and fantasy. Sometimes this fusion is so intense that the two seem inseparable. Of course, converting such scenes to cinema runs the risk of turning them into nonsense and not a satisfying cinematic form. However, watching the first episode of One Hundred Years of Solitude showed that the creators managed to convey that magical and surreal feeling to the audience without being ridiculous. Another reason is the inherent complexity of the novel. One Hundred Years of Solitude is challenging to read due to the repeated use of the same names for various characters, as well as the non-linear narrative and constant interruptions of timelines. These elements can tire the reader. Fortunately, there are no such problems in the series, which successfully transformed a non-linear narrative into a linear one, allowing it to establish a strong connection with the audience.. "One Hundred Years of Solitude" One of the biggest TV and streaming premieres of the month. Check out our December calendar for more!