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Uneven but thats what love is !!!! What a concept and what a film and what a title and what a……………… Gezz, only that unevenness cost this film 1/2 star. Released in 2007 and running 139 minutes it looks like a typical over the top "novella"but slowly adds the humor to make the life long love story even remotely believable if not downright enthralling.Add a A+ cast,great makeup and a period setting to die for,LITERALLY ,and you have a love story even us guys can enjoy.Male flick anyone?Although the cast is stellar,its Javier Bardem and Unax Ugalde as the male in different stages of life as well as Giovanna Mezzogiorno as the woman that cary this story to any believability at all given the outrageous circumstances. This film is based in a novel and as such some complain about its fidelity but as a stand alone movie,I loved it.It is based on the novel "El amor en los tiempos del cólera"written by Gabriel García Márquez.Trailer URL follows the picture and a IMDB summary is below.
In Colombia just after the Great War, an old man falls from a ladder; dying, he professes great love for his wife. After the funeral, a man calls on the widow - she dismisses him angrily. Flash back more than 50 years to the day Florentino Ariza, a telegraph boy, falls in love with Fermina Daza, the daughter of a mule trader. Ariza is persistent, writing her constantly, serenading, speaking poetically of love. Her father tries to keep them apart, and then, one day, she sees this love as an illusion. She's soon married to Urbino, a cultured physician, and for years, Ariza carries a torch, finding solace in the arms of women, loving none. After Urbino's fall, are Ariza's hopes delusional? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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