Love in the Time of Cholera (film)
2007 film directed by Mike Newell / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Love in the Time of Cholera is a 2007 American romantic drama film directed by Mike Newell. Based on the 1985 novel of the same name by the Colombian Nobel Prize-winning author 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.
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Directed by | Mike Newell |
Screenplay by | Ronald Harwood |
Based on | Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez |
Produced by | Scott Steindorff |
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Cinematography | Affonso Beato |
Edited by | Mick Audsley |
Music by | Antonio Pinto Shakira |
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Distributed by | New Line Cinema (United States) Summit Entertainment (International)[1] |
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Running time | 139 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $50 million |
Box office | $31 million[2] |
It is the first filming of a García Márquez novel by a Hollywood studio, rather than by Latin American or Italian directors. It is also the first English-language work of Academy Award-nominated Brazilian actress Fernanda Montenegro, who portrays Tránsito Ariza. Shakira wrote two original songs "Hay Amores" and "Despedida" for the film.