One Hundred Years of Solitude: Part Two to Debut in August
Netflix has shared a first look at One Hundred Years of Solitude: Part Two, which premieres on August 5 and will consist of seven episodes. Episode 8, the Grand Finale, will debut on August 26.
In its first part, One Hundred Years of Solitude introduced a Macondo shaped by the construction of a utopia and the innocence of its early days, which gradually began to crumble when Colonel Aureliano Buendía, trapped in the endless cycle of wars, decided to attack it.
Spanning the fifty years yet to be told, the second part dives deeper into the new generations of the Buendía family and the town’s transformation, where progress ultimately gives way to decay—fulfilling the curse that seals its fate.
“Each episode of this second part is like a film. We took the series to another level aesthetically, narratively, and through sound and music to build a much more cinematic and emotional ending. After living in that house and in that town for three years, we felt that closing this journey had to feel just as grand, epic and cinematic,” said Laura Mora.
“This Grand Finale will take the form of a special episode, practically a feature-length film directed by Laura Mora. The two parts of the series, together with the final chapter, make up the audiovisual adaptation of One Hundred Years of Solitude,” said Francisco Ramos, Netflix’s Vice President of Content for Latin America.
In One Hundred Years of Solitude, following the signing of the armistice, peace still does not reach Macondo. Fearful of Colonel Aureliano Buendía’s threats, the Conservatives plot an assassination attempt that —by a twist of fate— brings Fernanda del Carpio from Bogotá to the town. When she marries Aureliano Segundo, one of the bastard Arcadio’s twin sons, she gives Úrsula Iguarán her first legitimate heirs.
Meanwhile, José Arcadio Segundo, the other twin, will accomplish the patriarch’s wild dreams of connecting Macondo with the world.
The railroad’s arrival opens the doors to the banana company, which unleashes the town’s downfall and ultimately fulfills Úrsula Iguarán’s curse: for the lineage condemned to one hundred years of solitude were not granted a second opportunity on earth.
The cast includes Marleyda Soto, Claudio Cataño, Ángela Cano, Emmanuel Restrepo, Estefanía Piñeres, María Adelaida Puerta, Emiliano Pernía, Juanita Molina, Laura Taylor, Obeida Benavides, Julián Román, and Carla Baratta.
The directors for One Hundred Years of Solitude: Part Two and the Grand Finale are Laura Mora ( Episodes 1, 2, 5, 6, and the Grand Finale) and Carlos Moreno (Episodes 3, 4, and 7). José Rivera, Natalia Santa, Camila Brugés, and María Camila Arias are the writers.
The executive producers of the Dynamo production include Juliana Flórez Luna, Andrés Calderón, Carolina Caicedo, Laura Mora, José Rivera, Rodrigo García, and Gonzalo García Barcha.
James Brown and Camilo Monsalve are the directors of photography; Bárbara Enríquez and Eugenio Caballero are the production designers; Catherine Rodríguez is the costume designer; and the makeup and hair were by Ana del Río.
