Overview

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.

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Cast

Javier Bardem

Giovanna Mezzogiorno

Benjamin Bratt

John Leguizamo

Fernanda Montenegro

Catalina Sandino Moreno

Alicia Borrachero

Liev Schreiber

Laura Harring

Héctor Elizondo