Love in the Time of Cholera backdrop

Love in the Time of Cholera

Directed by Mike Newell

Starring Javier Bardem, Giovanna Mezzogiorno

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.