“For the races condemned to one hundred years of solitude were not granted a second opportunity on earth.” – Gabriel García Márquez
Directed by Laura Mora and Carlos Moreno, One Hundred Years of Solitude the first part of the series that adapted the Colombian Nobel laureate’s masterpiece was released to the world one year go. The recognition from both audiences and critics, nationally and internationally, has been unanimous.
Now, part two One Hundred Years of Solitude reaffirms its place as one of the most ambitious audiovisual works ever produced in Latin America, filmed entirely in Colombia with the support and collaboration of the García Márquez family.
The second and final part has been made with the same rigor, ambition, and respect for the novel, and it will be unveiled next August.
Here is the synopsis of One Hundred Years of Solitude: Part Two
After the armistice and signing of the treaty of Neerlandia, peace still does not reach Macondo. The Conservatives, fearful of Colonel Aureliano Buendía’s threats, plot an attack 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 untamable twin sons, she gives Úrsula Iguarán her first legitimate heirs.
Meanwhile, the other twin, José Arcardo Segundo, absorbed in José Arcadio Buendía’s manuscripts accomplishes 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 races condemned to one hundred years of solitude were not granted a second opportunity on earth.
