Movie: Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)

“In Colombia just after the Great War, an old man falls from a ladder; dying, he professes great love for his wife. After the funeral, a man calls on the widow – she dismisses him angrily. Flash back more than 50 years to the day Florentino Ariza, a telegraph boy, falls in love with Fermina Daza, the daughter of a mule trader. Ariza is persistent, writing her constantly, serenading, speaking poetically of love. Her father tries to keep them apart, and then, one day, she sees this love as an illusion. She’s soon married to Urbino, a cultured physician, and for years, Ariza carries a torch, finding solace in the arms of women, loving none. After Urbino’s fall, are Ariza’s hopes delusional? Written by {jhailey@hotmail.com}”

  • Director: Mike Newell
  • Release Date: 16 November 2007 (USA)
  • Run Time: 139 min
  • Country: USA
  • Genre: Drama , Romance
  • MPAA: Rated R for sexual content/nudity and brief language.

Tagline: How long would you wait for love?

Trivia: Producer Scott Steindorff spent over 3 years courting Gabriel García Márquez for the rights to the book telling him that he was Florentino and wouldn’t give up until he got the rights.

Goofs: Anachronisms: When Dr. Juvenal Urbino visits Florentino Ariza he asks him what kind of music Ariza likes. “The music of Carlos Gardel”, Ariza answers. The time of the action is somewhere between 1890 and 1895. Gardel was born between (the date is not confirmed) 1883 and 1897. So, he was just a kid at that time, and he couldn’t be known at all as the famous singer that died in a plane crash in Medellin (Colombia) in 1935, at the age of 48 or 52.

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