Love in the Time of Cholera

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Cast & Crew

Javier Bardem
Florentino Ariza

Giovanna Mezzogiorno
Fermina Daza

Benjamin Bratt
Juvenal Urbino

John Leguizamo
Lorenzo Daza

Catalina Sandino Moreno
Hildebranda Sanchez

Liev Schreiber
Lotario Thurgot

Laura Harring
Sara Noriega

Héctor Elizondo
Don Leo

Fernanda Montenegro
Tránsito Ariza

Mike Newell
Director

Ronald Harwood
Writer

Scott Steindorff
Producer

Affonso Beato
Cinematographer

Wolf Kroeger
Production Design

Mick Audsley
Film Editor

Marit Allen
Costume Designer

Antonio Pinto
Original Music

Felipe Aljure
Casting

Danny Greenspun
Executive Producer

Robin Greenspun
Executive Producer

Andrew Molaski
Executive Producer

Chris Law
Executive Producer

Michael Nozik
Executive Producer

Dylan Russell
Executive Producer

Scott LaStaiti
Executive Producer

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Critic Reviews for Love in the Time of Cholera

Audience Reviews for Love in the Time of Cholera

• Jan 26, 2013

  It was a bit too long and boring at times. Though it had an interesting love story, it failed to deliver properly. I did like the simplistic storylines, kinda tragic but dealt with a great amount of lessons in life.
  

  Sylvester K Super Reviewer
• Apr 20, 2011

  There is two side of coins here, the waiting for love are very Good and may call it legend. But the way Ariza wait is stunning. But i wont use it as guide... How you remember the names and how you do it, and placed it in a diary? :))
  Dedy N C Super Reviewer
• Apr 17, 2011

  A man obsesses/loves a woman over the course of fifty-three years. In this adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's lush novel, I could easily tell the sections of dialogue/narration that were taken from his book. In these sections, the language was so rich that I couldn't help but be sucked into the world Marquez created. And in this world the obsession that wracks Florentino makes sense; it almost seems reasonable to equate obsession with love. However, the film's principal flaw is its unevenness - the disconnect between the banality of the situations, cinematography, and acting and the elevation of the main conflict. By the end of the film, it was almost as though I was reading a great book that was getting interrupted by a bad imitation of the book. Also, I wondered throughout most of the film how we're meant to feel about Florentino. Is he elevated as a hero, or should we pity him? The story's conclusion and the fact that he is rewarded with sex with over 600 women while he waits for the object of his obsession makes me lean toward the former option, but what does this say about love? Is love really obsession? Should we really consider such impracticality admirable? In real life, wouldn't Florentino's behavior be tantamount to stalking? The only moment when Florentino is put up for ridicule and question involves him writing a bill of lading as a love poem, and this scene is welcome in the film's larger context. Yet it also contributes to the unevenness of the film because the ridicule is almost immediately abandoned. Overall, I really wanted to like <i>Love in the Time of Cholera</i>, but the film lacks the singular purpose and consistency of it hero.
  Jim H Super Reviewer
• Dec 17, 2009

  Love is a very weird thing.
  Wahida K Super Reviewer

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