16/17
This is Netflix’s most expensive Latin American project to date, with Colombian groups and indigenous communities building props and sets for the series
In the timeless town of Macondo, seven generations of the Buendía family face love, oblivion and the inevitability of their past and destiny.
It’s an excellent adaptation
We start with incredible photography, good scene rendering and creative direction with an approach that respects the original work.
At the same time, it respects in the ethnic and cultural aspect what Colombia is, as a people and as a society
They also adapt the events of the book with dedication and make use of devices such as conceptual shots to add to the narrative.
Traditions, music, food and racial diversity are part of what the universe of Macondo is, as well as the story that makes up the years of a violent past in Colombia
This opens the way to what is its chronology, perfectly connected, which translates into a product a little different in content, but not in a negative connotation for the development of the story.
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It is, in fact, a very devoted and faithful work that evokes the nostalgia of a hundred years of solitude and the artistic impact it had on subsequent generations influenced by Latin American literature and the work of García Márquez.