Love in the Time of Cholera (film)
| Love in the Time of Cholera | |
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| Directed by | Mike Newell |
| Produced by | Scott Steindorff |
| Screenplay by | Ronald Harwood |
| Based on |
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez |
| Starring |
Javier Bardem Giovanna Mezzogiorno Benjamin Bratt Angie Cepeda Catalina Sandino Moreno Hector Elizondo Liev Schreiber Fernanda Montenegro Laura Harring John Leguizamo |
| Music by |
Antonio Pinto Shakira |
| Cinematography | Affonso Beato |
| Edited by | Mick Audsley |
| Distributed by |
New Line Cinema Stone Village Pictures (US) 20th Century Fox (Overseas) |
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Running time
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139 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $50 million |
| Box office | $31,337,584 |
Love in the Time of Cholera is a 2007 film directed by Mike Newell. Based on the novel of the same name by Gabriel García Márquez, it tells the story of a love triangle between Fermina Daza (played by Giovanna Mezzogiorno) and her two suitors, Florentino Ariza (Javier Bardem) and Doctor Juvenal Urbino (Benjamin Bratt) which spans 50 years, from 1880 to 1930.
Producer Scott Steindorff spent over three years courting Gabriel García Márquez for the rights to the book telling him that he was Florentino and would not give up until he got the rights.
It is the first filming of a García Márquez novel by a Hollywood studio, rather than by Latin American or Italian directors.
It is the first English language work of Academy Award-nominated Brazilian actress Fernanda Montenegro, who portrays Tránsito Ariza.
Much of the film takes place in the historic, walled city of Cartagena in Colombia. Some screen shots showed the Magdalena River and the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain range.
London based animation studio VooDooDog created the title sequence and end sequence. These sequences draw inspirations from the colors and atmosphere of South America.
We put a lot of effort into the line test stage, studying time-lapse flowers footage and getting the twisting feeling of the tendrils and flowers opening before committing to the hand painting stage. I am sure no one other than fussy designers notice, but we think it was worth the effort rather than just making a straight computerised sequence.
In late 19th century Cartagena, a river port in Colombia, Florentino Ariza falls in love at first sight with Fermina Daza. They secretly correspond, and she eventually agrees to marry him, but her father discovers their relationship and sends her to stay with distant relatives (mainly her grandmother and niece). When she returns some years later, Fermina agrees to marry Dr. Juvenal Urbino, her father's choice. Their 50-year marriage is outwardly loving but inwardly marred by darker emotions. Fermina's marriage devastates Florentino, who vows to remain a virgin, but his self-denial is thwarted by a tryst.
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