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 and her two suitors, Florentino Ariza and Doctor Juvenal Urbino 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. In late 19th century Cartagena, a river port in Colombia, Florentino Ariza falls in love at first sight with Fermina Daza.
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| Release date: | November 16, 2007 |
| Directed by: | Mike Newell |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 139 Minutes |
| Producer: | Scott Steindorff |
| Editor: | Mick Audsley |
| Music by: | Antonio Pinto |
| Cinematography: | Affonso Beato |
| Screenplay by: | Ronald Harwood |
| Estimated budget: | $50,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Love in the Time of Cholera |