Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
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Product Details: Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
- Edition:
- DVD .
- MPAA Rating:
- R
- Release Date:
- 03/18/2008
- UPC:
- 794043113451
- Directed by:
- Mike Newell
- Featuring:
- Javier Bardem, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Benjamin Bratt. See all cast
Synopsis: Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
Synopis: Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA straddles the line between pop and art, and manages to be both a bestseller and a literary masterpiece. With an excellent cast and a timeless story, Mike Newell's cinematic adaptation strives for that same balance. As a young man in 19th-century Colombia, Florentino Ariza (played primarily by Javier Bardem) falls in love with a beautiful woman named Fermina (Giovanna Mezzogiorno). But an overprotective father (John Leguizamo) and too much reality intrude on their romance, and Fermina marries a successful doctor, Juvenal Urbino (Benjamin Bratt). But a wedding ring--and the passing decades--aren't enough to dissuade Florentino from his love, even as he beds hundreds of women as he tries to get over his undying passion.Screenwriter Ronald Harwood (THE PIANIST) distills Garcia Marquez's novel--which spans more than 50 years and almost 400 pages--into an accessible film. The basic element of the book--Florentino's love for Fermina--remains intact, and it's driven by yet another excellent performance from Bardem. Fans who were impressed by his masterly turn as a cold-blooded killer in NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN will be pleasantly surprised that the Spanish actor can be just as adept playing a character driven by love. As in his previous work such as FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL and HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE, director Mike Newell has assembled another fine cast that also includes Liev Schreiber, Catalina Sandino Moreno, and Hector Elizondo.Features: Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
Features: DVD Features:Keep Case
Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional
Closed Captioned - English
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - Mike Newell - Director
Behind the Scenes - The Making of
Deleted Scenes - with audio commentary by Editor Mick Audsley
Trailer - Theatrical Trailer
User Reviews: Love in the Time of Cholera
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Love in the Time of Cholera a Sickening Love Story
, September 28, 2008Reviewer:
Maestro - See all Maestro's reviews
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Pros: The scenery in the movie was outstanding.
Cons: The story itself is disturbing. Florentino thinks he can fill the void left by Fermina by sleeping with over 600 other women, and still gets her back in the end.
Love in the Time of Cholera got its first real publicity in the John Cusack romance, Serendipity (2001). It played an integral role in that movie. Now, years later, the book which made itself known in another movie, has become a movie itself. The book and movie are both aimed at female audiences. But even those female audiences who have yet to read the book or even see the movie may want to think twice about doing either one.
The story presented here is rather disturbing in the long run. It is not your typical boy meets girl, loses her, gets her back in the end movie. The main character, Florentino Araza, sees a beautiful young woman when he is a young man, and falls for her without even knowing her. The young woman, Fermina Daza, falls just as much for him, although neither one knows the other. Fermina's father forbids any chance of relationship and leaves the coutnry with her.
Years later when she returns, Fermina pushes Florentino away because of everything that had happened. As a result, Florentino ends up pining for Fermina the rest of his life. Here's where things get rather disturbing.
In his own twisted way, Florentino tries to fill the void in his heart by sleeping with over six hundred other women, while still pining for Fermina. Florentino even goes so far as to keep a list of all of his conquests throughout his life. He sleeps with other women right up to the day that Fermina's husband dies, only to met her and tell her he had waited his entire life for her.
Some may call Florentino's story romantic. But those who look at this story with clearer eyes would see both Florentino and Fermina's hsuabdn as despicable. Florentino is despicable in that he tried to claim his love and fidelity for Fermina all while sleeping with other women. Fermina's husband was despicable in that he amrried only for position, rather than for love.
Some audiences and readers may find this story to be romantic. But in reality, it is just as disturbing and 'sickening' as the time in which Florentino and Fermina lived. ...