Caray, Caray!

2024 was a remarkable year for a variety of Spanish language productions across streaming services. We saw the adaptation of Juan Rulfo's "El gallo de oro" that aired on broadcast channel Univision but produced by VIX (streaming service owned by Univision/Televisa).  That being said, that wasn't the only excellent production of stories new and old.

Here are some offerings from last year and the start of 2025 that I was impressed with and enjoyed enough to recommend.  

NETFLIX

Pedro Páramo 

This movie (about 2 hrs.) is based on the novel of the same title published in 1955 by Mexican author Juan Rulfo (El gallo de oro). It is the story of  Juan Preciado (played by Manuel García of Lincoln Lawyer fame and  a distant descendent of Juan Rulfo) who goes searching for his long lost father Pedro Páramo in a small deserted rural town cloaked in mystery, death and magical realism. 

Cien años de soledad  (One Hundred Years of Solitude)

This stunning adaptation of the 1967 landmark Colombian novel by García Márquez is a series divided into two seasons of eight episodes each.  Only the first has been shown. It was shot in Colombia with a Colombian cast.   It follows the Buendía family in their legendary town of Macondo over several generations  in a world ruled by magical realism. 

Labels: MAX, Netflix, ROKU, streaming, VIX

Permalink posted by Jarifa @ 10:00 PM 3 comments