My Opinion About "Cien Años de Soledad" (2024) || Serie

One of the great stories that I have been fortunate to read in my youth was the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, which was required reading in the subject of high school Spanish, and although I got to it by mandate of my teacher of 4th year, I confess that when I started reading this incredible narrative of Gabriel García Márquez I was trapped with his characters and could not close the book, now I stumbled upon the adaptation of the novel in a series of series by Gabriel García Márquez. I confess that when I started reading this incredible narrative of Gabriel García Márquez I was trapped with his characters and could not close the book, now that I come across the adaptation of the novel in a series of Nexflix I could not miss the opportunity to see on screen this fascinating story that focuses on the Buendía family and all its seven generations.

It is incredible what it feels like to be able to put a face to each of these characters that were only in my imagination, I was pleasantly surprised with the performance of the actors chosen for the series, including Claudio Cataño (Aureliano), Marleyda Soto (Úrsula Iguaran), Diego Vásquez (José Arcadio Buendía), Viña Machado (Pilar Ternera), the staging of the story and the scenery seemed to me very similar to what was described in the novel, In my opinion, the directors of the series, the Argentinean Alex García López and the Colombian Laura Mora, respected each one of the elements mentioned in the book as well as each one of the aspects of the story of its writer Gabriel García Márquez, leaving me very pleased with it.

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Les daré una breve reseña de lo que trata esta novela, la cual quedo adaptada a la perfección en su serie, que se estrenó a finales del 2024 en su primera temporada con 8 capítulos, los cuales vi en dos días, iniciando el primer capítulo con el Coronel Aureliano Buendía frente al pelotón de fusilamiento recordando aquella tarde remota en que su padre lo llevo a conocer el hielo, siendo un hecho que marco definitivamente la vida de Aureliano, luego nos habla del pueblo de Macondo desde su creación y el inicio de su familia con el matrimonio de los patriarcas Úrsula Iguarán y José Arcadio Buendía, quienes eran primos y a pesar de ello se casaron en contra de sus padres, para luego vivir atormentados por el miedo de tener hijos con cola de puerco; siendo estos dos personajes los más importantes a mi parecer, siendo los pilares fundamentales de la familia Buendía, ellos dejaron atrás a sus padres y pueblo natal y se aventuraron junto con un grupo de amigos a fundar su propio pueblo y establecerse con sus familias bajo sus propias leyes, así surge Macondo allí crían a sus 3 hijos sanos José Arcadio, Aureliano y Amaranta además de una niña adoptada Rebeca. Cada uno de ellos tendrá trazado su destino y será Pilar Ternera quien les lea su porvenir de vez en cuando.

I will give you a brief overview of what this novel is about, which was adapted to perfection in its series, which premiered in late 2024 in its first season with 8 chapters, which I saw in two days, starting the first chapter with Colonel Aureliano Buendía in front of the firing squad remembering that remote afternoon when his father took him to meet the ice, Then he tells us about the town of Macondo since its creation and the beginning of his family with the marriage of the patriarchs Ursula Iguarán and José Arcadio Buendía, who were cousins and in spite of that they married against their parents, to live tormented by the fear of having children with pig tails; Being these two characters the most important in my opinion, being the fundamental pillars of the Buendia family, they left behind their parents and hometown and ventured along with a group of friends to found their own town and settle with their families under their own laws, thus arises Macondo where they raise their 3 healthy children José Arcadio, Aureliano and Amaranta plus an adopted girl Rebeca. Each one of them will have their destiny mapped out and it will be Pilar Ternera who will read them their future from time to time.

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A medida que pasan los años se presentan las diferentes situaciones diarias que los envuelven en aventuras, el amor, las disputas familiares, los matrimonios, nacimientos y muertes en esta familia, que a medida que van teniendo sus hijos podemos ver que se repetirán los mismos nombres a los varones: Aurelianos y José Arcadios, que te pierdes en ocasiones de quién es hijo de quien, y cuando eran niñas, los nombres preferidos eran Úrsula como la abuela y Amaranta como la tía.

En esta primera temporada se nos presenta la evolución del pueblo donde llegan primero los Gitanos, quienes le dan ese giro místico a la historia, siendo Melquiades el responsable de despertar en José Arcadio esa curiosidad por lo desconocido y el estudio de los metales y la materia, montando así su laboratorio de alquimia; luego llega la religión con un padre que los visita y se establece en Macondo construyendo así la primera Iglesia, a la par podemos ver el desarrollo de la guerra entre el partido liberal y el conservador, siendo Aureliano el que se embarca en ella logrando el grado de Coronel, mostrándonos escenas muy duras y hasta crueles de las consecuencias de la guerra en esa época, además de los amores incestuosos en esta familia que sin duda marca el final trágico de la estirpe de esta familia, suerte que ya estaba escrita en los pergaminos de Melquiades desde un inicio, y que nadie había podido descifrar hasta el último momento, siendo lamentablemente muy tarde.

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As the years go by there are different daily situations that involve them in adventures, love, family disputes, marriages, births and deaths in this family, that as they are having their children we can see that the same names will be repeated to the boys: Aurelianos and José Arcadios, that you get lost at times of who is the son of whom, and when they were girls, the preferred names were Úrsula as the grandmother and Amaranta as the aunt.

In this first season we are presented with the evolution of the town where the Gypsies arrive first, who give that mystical twist to the story, being Melquiades the one responsible for awakening in José Arcadio that curiosity for the unknown and the study of metals and matter, thus setting up his alchemy laboratory; Then comes religion with a father who visits them and settles in Macondo building the first church, at the same time we can see the development of the war between the liberal and conservative parties, being Aureliano the one who embarks on it achieving the rank of Colonel, showing us very hard and even cruel scenes of the consequences of the war at that time, in addition to incestuous love in this family that undoubtedly marks the tragic end of the lineage of this family, fate that was already written in Melquiades' parchments from the very beginning, and that no one had been able to decipher until the last moment unfortunately, when it was too late.

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Si no han leído la novela, eso no es impedimento para disfrutar cada uno de los capítulos de Cien años de Soledad en su versión fílmica, pero si ya la leyeron les causara una gran emoción ver cada una de las hojas del libro cobrar vida en la pantalla, eso me paso a mí. En estos 8 primeros capítulos disfrutaremos de los pormenores de 3 tres generaciones de los Buendía, quedando pendiente más de la historia, dejándonos con las ganas de seguir viendo la serie, pero ya se anunció que se está filmando la segunda entrega la cual será estrenada para mediados de este año la estaremos disfrutando, antes de despedirme los invito a ver la serie, que se encuentra en la plataforma de Nexflix, y si quieren conocer ya la historia completa lean la novela, que es un clásico de la literatura latina americana, saludos y hasta una nueva oportunidad.

If you have not read the novel, that is not an impediment to enjoy each of the chapters of One Hundred Years of Solitude in its film version, but if you have already read it, it will cause great excitement to see each of the pages of the book come to life on the screen, that happened to me. In these first 8 chapters we will enjoy the details of 3 three generations of the Buendía, leaving us with the desire to continue watching the series, but it has already been announced that the second installment is being filmed which will be released for the middle of this year we will be enjoying it, before I say goodbye I invite you to watch the series, which is on the Nexflix platform, and if you want to know the whole story read the novel, which is a classic of American Latin literature, greetings and until another opportunity.

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Trailer oficial del Sitio || Official Movie Trailer taken from YouTube

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Portada hecha con Canva || Cover made with Canva

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Capturas de Pantalla de imágenes del sitio || Screenshots images of the site www.IMDb.com

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Traducido con || Translated with DeepL

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