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| FILM DETAILS | | Certificate 18 | | Cast
Giovanna Mezzogiorno
Javier Bardem
Benjamin Bratt
Catalina Sandino Moreno
John Leguizamo | | Directors
Mike Newell | | Screenwriters
Ronald Harwood | | Running Time
91 minutes |
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Love In The Time Of Cholera
Or, love in the time of collars…
Plot
19th Century Colombia. Florentino (Bardem) is love struck when he claps his eyes on Fermina (Mezzogiomo), the daughter of an aristocratic mule merchant (Leguiziamo). After Fermina rejects him, Florentino refuses to abandon his passion but dulls the pain by bedding hundreds of women.
Verdict
A valiant attempt to turn a complex novel into a compelling movie is hamstrung by a conventional literary sensibility, an uneven tone and, crucially, a failure to establish a moving, meaningful connection between its two major players.
Reviewed by Ian Freer
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