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In the eternal city of Macondo, seven generations of the Buendía family navigate love, oblivion, and the inevitability of their past and their destiny. It is Netflix’s most expensive project made in Latin America to date, with Colombian groups and indigenous communities constructing props and sets for the series. One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the great pinnacles of Spanish-language literature. Its style is unparalleled and its scope is beyond imagination. Its characters are so well-drawn that any screenwriter would have no problem writing them for the screen. But the apparently insurmountable problem in adapting the novel was its length. Compressing a hundred years of family and national history was an impossible task. After almost 60 years since its publication, the novel has found a cinematic home on Netflix. Only streaming can do it justice, and the first 2 episodes are truly promising. Great photography, art direction, and respect for the characters. The voice-over is necessary to allow García Márquez’s wonderful prose to emerge from time to time. The plot flows smoothly with richness and depth. I love it and was a little skeptical that the magical world of GGM could be translated to the screen. Wall, so far it’s a success in my book. No need to waste time endlessly scrolling — here’s the full lineup of new movies and TV shows streaming on Netflix this month.