The long-awaited adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's masterpiece finally arrives. Explore the epic journey of the Buendía family over generations.
During his lifetime, Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez refused several Hollywood offers to adapt his 1967 novel, a landmark book that has sold more than 50 million copies. He reportedly believed its magical realism elements could not be recreated properly, and that the epic story, which follows the Buendia family over 100 years, could not be done justice in a standard 90-minute film. (He was also adamant that he didn’t want English-language actors playing the family.
)Credit:But since Garcia Marquez’s death, the streaming age has expanded storytelling possibilities, and his sons, Rodrigo Garcia and Gonzalo Garcia Barcha, gave their blessing to this expansive adaptation (and both act as executive producers). A series of 16 one-hour episodes is quite the commitment, but anyone who has read the book will appreciate that the sprawling story – released in two eight-episode blocks – has not been squeezed. Some patience is advised for the first episode, which might feel like the 100 years alone, but bear with it; from the second episode on, this beautifully realised adaptation is incredible, and the leisurely pace becomes part of the joy of the story, which is amazingly faithful to its source material. Made in Colombia with a local cast and in Spanish (you can watch the dubbed version, but the American accents do tend to grate), the series centres on multiple generations of the Buendia family, beginning in the 19th century with the wedding of loved-up Arcadio (Marco Antonio González) and Úrsula (Susana Morales), who, as first cousins, are discouraged from being together; Úrsula’s mother warns her of inbreeding, telling her their children will be monsters with pigs’ tails.When another man mocks Arcadio about his wife, he kills hi
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