The book keeps its dialogue minimal, and the constant passing of time makes keeping a cohesive-looking cast challenging.

However, it’s not the first imagery shown.

Netflix’s adaptationbegins with the book’s ending, showing the final scene from the novel.

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This scene doesn’t exist in the book.

One Hundred Years of Solitude is centered around multiple generations of the Buendia family.

Here’s our guide to each member featured in the show.

Colonel Aureliano Buendia from the Netflix series with a book cover for One Hundred Years of Solitude

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There, he’s brought into a room with a young prostitute.

When he goes to offer her marriage, however, he finds that she’s already left town.

Jose Arcadio Buendia tracks down one of the masons, who reveals their location.

Diego Vásquez as older José Arcadio Buendía in One Hundred Years of Solitude

In the town of Macondo, several generations of the Buendía family grapple with love, war, madness, and an inescapable curse that haunts their lineage. As they navigate the trials of fate, the epic tale of magical realism unfolds, exploring the intersection of history, myth, and human experience.

They retrieve the bones and bury them next to Melquiades.

The TV adaptation demonstrates his involvement more deliberately than the book.

Marleyda Soto as adult Úrsula in One Hundred Years of Solitude

Ursula and Colonel Aureliano Buendia from One Hundred Years of Solitude

José Arcadio dead in a coffin in One Hundred Years of Solitude

Aureliano Buendia (Claudio Cataño) looks up at his mother before attacking Macando in One Hundred Years of Solitude

Claudio Cataño as Colonel Aureliano Buendía in One Hundred Years of Solitude

Rebeca in One Hundred Years of Solitude

Arcadio Buendía in One Hundred Years of Solitude

Claudio Catano as Aurelionao in One Hunred Years of Solitude

Snake Drawing in One Hundred Years of Solitude

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