'100 Years Of Solitude' Cast on Adapting 'Impossible' Novel — SkimNews
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- "One Hundred Years Of Solitude" Part Two is streaming now, with the closing episode premiering on August 26, as Deadline debuts the finale trailer
- Margarita Rosa de Francisco, famous in Latin America for "Café Con Aroma de Mujer," joins Part Two as Fernanda del Carpio, telling Deadline the role was "intimidating" given critics said the novel was "impossible to film"
- The production employed 1,500 people in Colombia, with local artisans recreating the mythical town of Macondo, giving the Colombian TV industry a creative and financial boost
- Laura Mora and Carlos Moreno directed seven of eight Part Two episodes; Alex García López (The Witcher) directed the finale; Bogotá-based Dynamo produced
- Season 2 writers include José Rivera, Natalia Santa, Camila Brugés, and María Camila Arias, with cast members saying they had to trust the writers to remain faithful to the source material
Why it matters: The August 26 finale caps a production that employed 1,500 people in Colombia — a rare large-scale investment that gave the local TV industry a creative and financial boost, with Bogotá-based Dynamo producing and local artisans recreating the mythical town of Macondo. The cast's repeated references to the source's gravity underscore the stakes of adapting a Nobel laureate's seminal work for a global streaming audience.
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