On the anniversary of his death, we remember Gabriel Garcia Marquez not only in his career as a journalist and writer, also in his passion for cinema. The master of magical realism said that literature and cinema were two inseparable aspects, such was his admiration for the cinematographic world that he even wrote original scripts and plots for films and television works.
Furthermore, the Nobel Prize is the writer in Spanish with more adaptations of his works. Some of his most important novels such as Love in the time of cholera, The colonel has no one to write to him o A Chronicle of a Death Foretold They made it to the big screen because of their stories and their weight in literature.
The novels and films that were made based on the works of Gabriel García Márquez
1) There are no thieves in this town (film adapted in 1965)
It’s a homonymous story by the Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez, published in the magazine Mito in 1960. The film was directed by Mexican filmmaker Alberto Isaac, which premiered in September 1965. The story revolves around Dámaso, an inexperienced thief who steals the billiard balls that entertained the town’s inhabitants. Since that moment, the place has experienced a crossroads of accusations.
2) The bad hour (TV miniseries adapted in 1976)
The bad hour is third novel of the writer, published in 1962. It was adapted to the Colombian television formatdirected by Bernardo Romero Pereiro and starring Frank Ramírez, Álvaro Ruiz, Alí Humar, among others.
This novel tells the story of a town that lives with an unpleasant peace after the Colombian civil war. The conservatives, the winning side, seek to upset the liberals, their former adversaries, by trying to continue the conflict. The trigger for a new civil war begins when one of the inhabitants is murdered with a shotgun.
3) Montiel’s widow (film adapted in 1979)
The Widow of Montiel is a story of the same name published within the book of stories Big Mom’s funeral (1962). It was adapted to the big screen in 1979 thanks to a co-production between Chile, Cuba and Mexico, directed by the Chilean Miguel Littín. The plot is based on a widow who discovers that her husband was a traitor, who betrayed the names of his opponents to the mayor.
4) Erendira (film adapted in 1983)
A film directed by the Brazilian Ruy Guerra with the original script by García Márquezbased on the novel The incredible and sad story of the candid Eréndira and her heartless grandmother (1972). It tells the story of a young orphan who is left in the care of her grandmother, who forces her into prostitution to pay the debt she owed for a fire she caused.
5) A Chronicle of a Death Foretold (film adapted in 1987)
Thanks to a co-production between Italy, France and Colombia, the Italian director Francesco Rosi directed the adaptation of homonymous story A Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1982). The story is a real event that was transformed to alter the narrative story. It is based on Santiago Nasar, who is murdered by Ángela Vicario’s brothers after the young woman blamed him for taking her virginity.
6) The colonel has no one to write to him (film adapted in 1999)
It tells the story of a veteran of the Thousand Days War, who goes to the port post office every Friday in hopes that the pension check that never arrives will arrive. It is a short novel by Gabriel García Márquez, which was adapted in 1999 by the Mexican director Arturo Ripstein with the script Paz Alicia Garciadiego.
7) Love in the time of cholera (film adapted in 2007)
A classic among the Colombian’s works, it narrates the wait of Florentino Ariza, in love since he was a child with Fermina Daza, who appears at the door of his house when the woman’s husband dies to confess his love. The movie was adapted in 2007 for him british director Mike Newellnext to screenplay by Ronald Harwood. Shakira participated in the soundtrack with the songs There are loves y Farewell.
8) Love and Other Demons (film adapted in 2009)
A co-production in between Costa Rica, Mexico and Colombiathe adaptation was directed by Hilda Hidalgo in 2009. The Costa Rican director revealed in interviews that It was García Márquez himself who challenged him to make the film of this historical fiction novel.
The story takes place in Cartagena de Indias in the 18th century, where a young woman is bitten by a dog with the rabies plague. From that moment she exhibits strange behavior, her parents believe that she is possessed and take her to a convent to be exorcised. The priest assigned to the case falls in love with the girl, but the church discovers her affair and they are punished.
9) Memory of my sad whores (film adapted in 2012)
It tells the 90th birthday of an old man who decides to give himself a “gift” and calls an old friend of his to find him a young virgin of approximately 14 years old to sleep with. Memory of my sad whores It is one of the last fiction novels of the Colombian writer. It was adapted into a film in 2012, directed by the Dane Henning Carlsenand the script Jean-Claude Carrière.
10) News of a kidnapping (TV miniseries adapted in 2022)
News of a kidnapping is a non-fiction novel published by Grupo Editorial Norma in 1996. It is based on the ten relevant people from Colombia who were kidnapped by the group Los Extraditables under the order of Pablo Escobar.
In 2022, its adaptation was released in a six-episode series format, distributed by the platform Amazon Prime. The miniseries was produced by Rodrigo García Barchason of Gabriel García Márquez, and directed by the Chilean Andrés Wood.
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