Underplayed Gems

Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)

Love in the Time of Cholera poster
Directed by
Mike Newell
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 13m
Rated
R
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 415 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man pursues a woman he loves for more than five decades. She marries a respected doctor but the suitor never stops hoping she will eventually be with him.

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What happens

Love in the Time of Cholera is a 2007 American romantic drama film directed by Mike Newell. Based on the 1985 novel of the same name by the Colombian Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez, it tells the story of love between Fermina Daza (played by Giovanna Mezzogiorno) and her lover, Florentino Ariza (Javier Bardem) and her husband Juvenal Urbino (Benjamin Bratt) which spans 50 years, from 1880 to 1930. It is the first filming of a García Márquez novel by a Hollywood studio, rather than by Latin American or Italian directors. It is also the first English-language work of Academy Award-nominated Brazilian actress Fernanda Montenegro, who portrays Tránsito Ariza. Shakira wrote two original songs, "Hay Amores" and "Despedida", for the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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