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3 unusual facts about Chronicle of a Death Foretold


Chronicle of a Death Foretold

The book was adapted for the big screen in the Spanish language film: Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1987), an Italian-French-Colombian co-production, directed by Francesco Rosi, starring Ornella Muti, Rupert Everett and Anthony Delon.

Living to Tell the Tale

It focuses heavily on García Márquez' family, schooling, and early career as a journalist and short story writer, and includes references to numerous real-life events that ended up in his novels in one form or another, including the Banana massacre that appears prominently in One Hundred Years of Solitude and the friend of his whose life and death were the model for Chronicle of a Death Foretold.

Sucre, Sucre Department

Sucre was home of famous writer Gabriel García Márquez and one of his most known novels Chronicle of a Death Foretold is based on real life events occurred in the town.


Enrico Sabbatini

He also produced Seven Years in Tibet (1997), Cutthroat Island (1995), Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1987), Bloodline (1979), Giordano Bruno (1973), Sacco and Vanzetti (1971), Camille 2000, The Lickerish Quartet, the Marco Polo TV miniseries, and many others.


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Jim Lewis

Jim Lewis (librettist), nominated for a Tony award in 1996 for the libretto of Chronicle of a Death Foretold