Netflix’s ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ Is a Faithful and Eloquent Adaptation of the Beloved Novel: TV Review

variety.com:

Aramide Tinubu Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez‘s 1967 magnum opus, “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” has long been considered one of the greatest works of modern literature.

However, during Márquez’s life, he refused to sell the rights to the novel because he felt a film adaptation would not come close to scratching the surface of this century-long tale.

Now, with the blessing of his sons Rodrigo García and Gonzalo García Barcha, who serve as executive producers, Netflix has adapted the sweeping masterwork into a two-part limited series spanning over 16 hours of television. (Netflix hasn’t yet announced when Part 2 will premiere.) With directors Alex García López and Laura Mora at the helm for Part 1, “One Hundred Years of Solitude” is exquisitely detailed and layered in intricate symbolism.

The show is one of the most faithful page-to-screen adaptations in recent years. A tale of family, fate, power and the frailties of humanity, “One Hundred Years of Solitude” begins in the mid-19th century with forbidden love.