Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)

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4 nominations
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About the movie

Year

2007

Runtime

2 h 19 min

Genres

Drama, Romance

Country

United States

Director

Mike Newell

Writers

Ronald Harwood, Gabriel García Márquez

Plotline

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.

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Starring

Benjamin Bratt

Gina Bernard Forbes

Giovanna Mezzogiorno

Javier Bardem

Marcela Gardeazabal

Main cast

Benjamin Bratt Dr. Juvenal Urbino

Gina Bernard Forbes Digna Pardo

Giovanna Mezzogiorno Fermina Urbino

Javier Bardem Florentino Ariza

Marcela Gardeazabal America Vicuña

Juan Ángel Marco Aurelio - 40's

Liliana Gonzalez Marco Aurelio's Wife

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

Julieth Paola Hoyos Zuñiga Barefoot Maid

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External critics' reviews

It's a well-crafted, handsome period piece, and pleasant to watch, but the intensity of an obsessional style--something that matches Florentino's crazy single-mindedness--is beyond Newell's range. The director of "Donnie Brasco" and "Four Weddings and a Funeral" doesn't paint with the camera; he doesn't seize on certain visual motifs, as he should, and turn them into the equivalent of a lover's devotion to fetishes. more

When characters are required to grow old over the course of a decades-spanning story, as in Love in the Time of Cholera, it's still a hit-or-miss proposition whether the combination of makeup and performance skills will convince us that a character is 40 years older than the actor. more

Sometimes less truly is more, and Love in the Time of Cholera is proof. more

"Love" would be intolerably boring were it not for the frequent injections of humor, thanks largely to Hector Elizondo as Florentino's uncle, and for Bardem's ultimately winning performance. more

As one unfamiliar with the novel, I found it hard to tease out its meaning from this handsomely mounted, well-acted, aggressively elliptical adaptation. more

Shot on location in vibrant Cartagena, the film's strong suit is aesthetic. Cinematographer Alfonso Beato, designer Wolf Kroeger and costume designer Marit Allen evoke aged exotic locales, rugged rural settings and dimly lit period interiors. A closing, aerial image has a breathtaking, spiritual beauty. more

Newell has done some fine work in all sorts of genres, from "Four Weddings and a Funeral" to "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," but in "Cholera" he seems to be chronicling a half-century of events, passions and desires as a tourist, not a native. more

If you've seen "Gone With the Wind," you've seen what Love in the Time of Cholera isn't. more

Eventually arrives at a lovely place, but it arrives limping. Small but nagging problems drag it down, such as weird acting choices, bizarre casting and strange aging makeup. more

Newell's rendering of the iconic novel is dull and creatively off-kilter, lacking the surreal magic and robust passion of MÃ¡rquez's signature magical realism style and never fully engaging the viewer. more

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