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Love in the time of cholera - Benjamin Bratt, Javier Bardem, Gina Bernard Forbes, Mike Newell
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How long would you wait for love?
Spanning a half-century in the complex, magical and sensual city of Cartagena, Colombia, the sweeping romantic epic tells the story of a man who waits over fifty years for his one true love.
Florentino Ariza (Javier Bardem), a poet and telegraph clerk who discovers his life's passion when he sees Fermina Daza (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) through the window of her father's villa. Through a series of passionate letters, Florentino gradually awakens the young beauty's heart, but her father (John Leguizamo) is furious when he learns of the affair, and vows to keep them apart forever.
As the years go by, Fermina marries the sophisticated aristocrat Dr Juvenal Urbino (Benjamin Bratt), who has brought order and medicine to Cartagena, stemming the waves of cholera that mysteriously besiege the city. He sweeps her away to Paris for years, and when they start their life together back in Cartagena, she has all but forgotten her first love.
But Florentino has not forgotten her. Now a wealthy shipowner, Florentino engages in a series of affairs but still yearns for Fermina. His heart is patient, and he will wait a lifetime for the chance to be with her again.
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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda
- Film drama romance true love marriage Spanish cholera Paris South America river boat
Persons of interest
- Benjamin Bratt .... Dr Juvenal Urbino
- Gina Bernard Forbes .... Digna Pardo
- Giovanna Mezzogiorno .... Fermina Urbino
- Javier Bardem .... Florentino Ariza
- Marcela Mar .... America Vicuña
- Juan Ángel .... Marco Aurelio - 40s
- Catalina Botero .... Ofelia Urbino - 40s
- Luis Fernando Hoyos .... Urbino Urbino
- Unax Ugalde .... Florentino Ariza - Teen
- Liev Schreiber .... Lotario Thugut
- John Leguizamo .... Lorenzo Daza
- Alicia Borrachero .... Escolástica
- Fernanda Montenegro .... Tránsito Ariza
- María Eugenia Arboleda .... Gala Placidia
- Catalina Sandino Moreno .... Hildebranda
- Jhon Alexander Toro .... Ricardo Lighthouse
- Rodolfo Enrique Mercado Parra .... Benny Centeno
- Hector Elizondo .... Don Leo
- Rubria Negrao .... Rosalba
- Gabriel García Márquez .... Author: El amor en los tiempos del cólera
- Ronald Harwood .... Screenwriter
- Mike Newell .... Director
Cinematic intelligence sources
- Love in the time of cholera official movie site
- Love in the time of cholera film production notes
- Love in the time of cholera QuickTime movie trailers
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- NB: Spanish language dialogue with English language subtitles
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Theatrical report
Love in the time of cholera is the perfect title for this film because it's all about love in the time of cholera. There's another film about love in the Choleric Age and it's called The painted veil. It also has romance, sex, love, marriage, cholera, foreign climes, heroic doctors and the end of colonialism. It's much better.
The drama, romance movie Love in the time of cholera is directed by Mike Newell and stars Benjamin Bratt, Javier Bardem, Gina Bernard Forbes.
Government security censorship classification
M (Moderate sex scenes, infrequent moderate coarse language)
Surveillance time
138 minutes (2:18 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
Film: 22 May 2008
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