Love in the Time of Cholera

"How long would you wait for love?"

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.

Director: Mike Newell

Cast

Javier Bardem

Florentino Ariza

Giovanna Mezzogiorno

Fermina Daza

Benjamin Bratt

Juvenal Urbino

John Leguizamo

Lorenzo Daza

Fernanda Montenegro

Transito Ariza

Catalina Sandino Moreno

Hildebranda Sanchez

Alicia Borrachero

Escolastica

Liev Schreiber

Lotario Thurgot