Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)

Director:

Mike Newell

Writers (WGA):

Ronald Harwood (screenplay)
Gabriel García Márquez (novel)

Release Date:

16 noviembre 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Frase comercial:

How long would you wait for love?

Plot:

Florentino, rejected by the beautiful Fermina at a young age, devotes much of his adult life to carnal affairs as a desperate attempt to heal his broken heart.

Plot Keywords:

Barge | Caribbean | Shipping | Love Letters | Honeymooners

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe.

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A Successful Translation of the Book

Cast

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 - 40's
Liliana Gonzalez	...	Marco Aurelio’s Wife (as Liliana Alvarez Gonzalez)
Catalina Botero	...	Ofelia Urbino - 40's
Miguel Angel Pazos Galindo	...	Ofelia’s Husband
Maria Cecilia Herrera	...	Urbino's Sweet Wife
Luis Fernando Hoyos	...	Urbino Urbino
Carlos Duplat	...	Mourner
Francisco Raul Linero	...	Mourner
Unax Ugalde	...	Florentino - Teen
Liev Schreiber	...	Lotario Thugut

También conocida como:

Amor en los Tiempos del Cólera, El (Peru) [es]
Amor en los tiempos del cólera, El (Argentina) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content/nudity and brief language.

Duración:

139 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital EX | SDDS | DTS

Clasificación:

Brazil:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Argentina:16 | USA:R (certificate #43604) | Chile:Y7 | Germany:6 | Singapore:M18 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Sweden:7 | Finland:K-13 | Ireland:15A

Filming Locations:

Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivialidades:

The melody in the song "Hay Amores" (Bolero) sung by Shakira in this film is based on an anonymous traditional popular song called "La Panaderita" (The little baker woman) from the small town of Torrecilla en Cameros, La Rioja, Spain. Whether intentionally or by pure coincidence is not clear. The lyrics in Shakira's song are totally different, of course.

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the movie they celebrate the commencement of the 20th Century in 1900. The 20th Century commenced in 1901 and, unlike the commencement of the 21st Century, was celebrated on 01/01/1901.

Quotes:

Florentino Ariza: Please allow me to wipe the slate clean. Age has no reality except in the physical world. The essence of a human being is resistant to the passage of time. Our inner lives are eternal, which is to say that our spirits remain as youthful and vigorous as when we were in full bloom. Think of love as a state of grace, not the means to anything, but the alpha and omega. An end in itself.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2007-11-17)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

O Soave Fasciulla - La Boheme

A Successful Translation of the Book

I was primed to enjoy the film because some events in the book dovetail with my life. I wanted to see how it would be translated to film. I wasn't disappointed.

An enormous amount of the book was inside the film. Many of the comedic and tragic scenes in Garcia's book were included, well-captured by the dialog. The cinematography was a superb visual equivalent to the author's luminously written depictions of a fairytale world.

If I'd not read the book first, and if I didn't find some elements of my own life inside the book, I'm not sure what I would have made of the film. I can only base my review on the fact that I've read the book, and that the makers of the film obviously did their best to be as truthful to the book as possible. The core belief of the film as well as the book - that love, in various forms, can last a lifetime - is true.