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How Long Does Love Last?
Young Florentino Ariza (Unax Ugalde) fell deeply in love with Fermina Daza (Giovanna Mezzogiorno), the beautiful daughter of mule trader Lorenzo Daza (John Leguizamo) in Cartagena, Colombia in the mid-nineteenth century.
While still teenagers, the two carry on secret letter writing between them with Florentino pledging his forever and devoted loved. But Fermina's father is not pleased as Florentino is just a common telegraph clerk with no money or place in society -- and this is what Lorenzo wants most for his daughter. Lorenzo orders Fermina to forget about Florentino.
While cholera rages in the city, Fermina becomes ill and her father sends for the most renown cholera specialist in the city -- Dr. Juvenal Urbino (Benjamin Bratt) -- who swiftly falls in love with Fermina. Soon a wedding is held and Florentino (played as an adult by Javier Bardem) continues to pine for his lost love.
He is so miserable, his mother, Tránsito Ariza (Fernanda Montenegro) fears he has cholera. When she finds he doesn't, she sets about matchmaking in hopes of finding a wife for Florentino and helping him forget about his beloved Fermina.
But Florentino loves no one except Fermina, and despite 50-plus years of pining for her and engaging in hundreds of carnal encounters, Florentino cannot heal his broken heart.
Hector Elizondo plays Florentino's uncle, Don Leo, who has financially supported Florentino and his mother since they were deserted by Don Leo's brother before Florentino was born. Liev Schreiber is Florentino's longtime friend and confidant, Lotorio.
Based on the beloved South American novel by Gabriel García Márquez and directed by Mike Newell.
Rated R for sexual content/nudity and brief language.
My personal rating: B
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