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Love in the Time of Cholera

2007 · 139 min

A lush, slow-burning romantic epic that feels like a bittersweet memory, lingering on longing and the passage of time.

Directed by
Mike Newell
Genres
Drama, Romance
Tagline
How long would you wait for love?
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Mike Newell
Genres
Drama, Romance
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How it feels

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • obsession
  • aging
  • memory
  • death
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance9
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Mike Newell
Written by
Ronald Harwood
Starring
Javier Bardem, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Benjamin Bratt, John Leguizamo, Fernanda Montenegro, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Alicia Borrachero, Liev Schreiber
Music
Antonio Pinto
Cinematography
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Runtime
139 min
Country
United States of America, United Kingdom, Mexico
Languages
English

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