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Love in the Time of Cholera (Original title)El Amor En Los Tiempos Del Cólera (Alternative title)
Dates: 2007 (Copyright), 21 March 2008 (Release)

Countries: USA, United Kingdom

Directed by: Mike Newell

Synopsis: Drama, romance. Based on the novel 'El amor en los tiempos del colera' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Florentino Ariza is a poet and telegraph clerk who discovers his life's passion when he sees Fermina Daza through the window of her father's villa. Through a series of passionate letters, Florentino gradually awakens the girl's heart, but her father is furious when he discovers the affair, and vows to keep them apart forever. As years go by, Fermina marries the sophisticated aristocrat Dr Juvenal Urbino, who has brought order and medicine to Catagena, stopping the waves of cholera that besieged the city. He takes her away to Paris for years, and when they start their life together back in Cartagena, she has all but forgotten about her first love. Now a wealthy ship owner, Florentino engages in a series of affairs but still desires Fermnina.

Genres:
Drama, Romance
Releases
Date: 16 November 2007Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: Super-35 - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Dolby Digital / DTS (sound) / SDDSRuntime: 138 mins Length: 12430 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (196)
©: LLC Cholera Love Productions, Production Company/Presents: Stone Village, In association with: Grosvenor Park Media Limited, Released by: New Line Cinema, International Sales/Distribution by: Summit Entertainment, Executive Producer: Michael Nozik, Executive Producer: Dylan Russell, Executive Producer: Scott LaStaiti, Executive Producer: Danny Greenspun, Executive Producer: Robin Greenspun, Executive Producer: Andrew Molasky, Executive Producer: Chris Law, Executive Producer: Michael Roban, Executive Producer: Rubria Negrao, Produced by: Scott Steindorff, Co-producer: Brantley Dunaway, Line Producer: José Ludlow, Associate Producer: Rubria Negrao, Unit Production Manager: Susan McNamara, Unit Production Manager: Mariano Carranco, Unit Manager: Amanda Neme Barrero, Arturo Núñez Contreras, Production Manager (UK Unit): Jennifer Wynne, Production Supervisor (UK Unit): Paul Ritchie, Production Co-ordinator: Mark Shultz Rios, Production Co-ordinator (UK Unit): Richard Daldry, Production Accountant: Michele Boudreau, Supervising Location Manager: Marco Giacalone, Location Manager: Juan Pablo Noval Morgan, Post-production Supervisor: Tania Blunden, Post-production Co-ordinator: Faye Stevens, 2nd Unit Director: Felipe Aljure Salame, Assistant Director (1st): Myron Hoffert, Assistant Director (Key 2nd): Joaquín Silva, Assistant Director (2nd): Victor Herrera Mcnaught, Assistant Director (2nd 2nd): Joceline Hernandez, Patrick Heyerdahl, Assistant Director (UK Unit 2nd): James Haven, Assistant Director (UK Unit 3rd): Daniel Gill, Script Supervisor: Sue Field, Casting: Susie Figgis, Casting (Columbian): Felipe Aljure Salame, Casting (Voice): Louis Elman, Abigail Barbier, Screenplay by: Ronald Harwood, Based on the novel by: Gabriel García Márquez, Director of Photography: Affonso Beato, 2nd Unit Director of Photography: Rodrigo Monte, Camera Operator (A): Gustavo Hadba, Camera Operator (B): Rodrigo Monte, Steadicam Operator: Gustavo Hadba, 1st Assistant Camera (A): Wilma Gomez Luengo, 1st Assistant Camera (B): Kika Cunha, 2nd Assistant Camera (A): Francisco Jaime Pastrana, 2nd Assistant Camera (B): Carlos Doerr, Clapper Loader: Carlos Gris Elizarraras, Clapper Loader (UK Unit): Chaz Lyon, Kate Filby, Focus Puller (UK Unit): Robert Dibble, Miles Proudfoot, Gaffer: Javier Enríquez, Gaffer (UK Unit): Rueben Garrett, Key Grip: Humberto Delgado, Key Grip (UK Unit): Colin Strachan, Video Operator: Martin Perez Espinosa, Video Operator (UK Unit): Dylan Jones, Stills Photographer: Daniel Daza Gomez, Stills Photographer (UK Unit): Nick Wall, Visual Effects by: Double Negative, DN (Visual Effect Supervisor): Frazer Churchill, DN (Visual Effects Producer): Rupert Porter, DN (Addit'l Visual Effects Supervisor): Mike Ellis, DN ([Visual Effects] Executive Producer): Melissa Taylor, Special Effects Co-ordinator: Manuel Cordero Pérez, Editor: Mick Audsley, 1st Assistant Editor: Jens Baylis, 2nd Assistant Editor: Natasha Westlake, Production Designer: Wolf Kroeger, Supervising Art Director: Jonathan Mckinstry, Boat Art Director: John King, Art Director: Roberto Bonelli, Art Director: Paul Kirby, Art Director (UK Sets): Roger Bowles, Art Department Co-ordinator: Hana Matsumoto, Assistant Art Director: Anthony Caron-Delion, Assistant Art Director: Mark Swain, Draftsman: Anthony Caron-Delion, Draftsman: Mark Swain, Draftsman: Tom Whitehead, Draftsman: Carlos Benassini, Francisco Blanc Dominguez, Set Decorator: Elli Griff, Illustrator: Gonzalo Zuniga Angel, Prop Master: Alan Bailey, Prop Supervisor: Dave Midson, Props Buyer (UK Unit): Graham Bishop, Stephen Sharratt, Props Master (UK Unit): Graeme Purdy, Construction Co-ordinator: John Stone, Const Co-ord (Paddlewheel Steamers): Neil Kirkland, Construction Manager (UK Unit): John Park, Costume Designer: Marit Allen, Assistant Costume Designer: Tim Aslam, Costume Supervisor: Kerry Thompson, Costume Supervisor: Marco Scotti, Costume Supervisor: Ismael Jardón Tejas, Costume Supervisor (UK Unit): Morgan Elliott, Department Head Make-up: John E. Jackson, Key Make-up Artist: Felipe Moreno, Make-up Artist: Henry Vargas Romero, Make-up Artist (UK Unit): Ann Buchanan, Prosthetic Ageing Design: Matthew W. Mungle, Prosthetic Ageing Application: John E. Jackson, Lab Prosthetics: Ryan Mcdowell, Lab Prosthetics: Carlton Coleman, Lab Prosthetics: Aaron Koons, Romi McCullough, Barber: Jesus Garcia Murguia, Co-hair Department Head: María de Lourdes Delgado García, Key Hairstylist: Edith Isabel Amezcua Maxemin, Maribel Romo Campos, Hairstylist: Diana Isabel Agudelo, Luz Marina Nunez Ibarra, Wigmaker: Victoria Wood, Hair Dresser (UK Unit): Suzanne Stokes-Munton, Titles Designed by: VooDooDog, Digital Intermediate by: Framestore CFC, Negative Cutting: Cutting Edge, Filmed with: Panavision Cameras & Lenses, Music by: Antônio Pinto, Original Songs by: Shakira, [Musician] Percussion: Antônio Pinto, [Musician] Percussion: Bruno Buarque, [Musician] Percussion: Mario Acosta, [Musician] Percussion: Edwin Ospina, [Musician] Percussion: Juan David Castano, Fil Pinheiro, [Musician] Marimba de Chonta: Juan David Castano, Antônio Pinto, [Musician] Acoustic Guitar/Quatro: Antônio Pinto, [Musician] Viola de 10/Cavaquinho/Piano: Antônio Pinto, [Musician] Scaletta/Fender Rhodes: Antônio Pinto, [Musician] Gaiitas (Kuisi): Edwin Ospina, Mario Acosta, [Musician] Viola: Marcelo Jaffe, [Musician] Violin: Betina Stegmann, Nelson Rios, [Musician] Cello: Bob Suetholz, [Musician] Acoustic Guitar: Edson Guidetti, Beto Villares, [Musician] Rabeca/Guitarra Caipira: Siba Velloso, Conductor (London Recording Sessions): Ed Côrtes, Orchestration for La Boheme: Sergio Kafejian, Orchestrator (London Recording Sessions): Ed Côrtes, Music Supervision: Becky Bentham, Hothouse Music, Music Contractor (London Record Sessions: Andy Brown, Score Produced by: Antônio Pinto, Executive Music Producer Brazil: Marília Franco, Music Editor: Graham Sutton, Music Editor: Robin Whittaker, Production Sound Mixer: Peter Lindsay, Fernando Cámara, Boom Operator: John Brady, Boom Operator: Ernesto Munoz Higuera, Re-recording Mixer: Mike Prestwood Smith, Simon Jones, Supervising Sound Editor: Mark Auguste, Dialogue Editor: Sam Auguste, Dialogue Editor: Paul Apted, Sound Effects Editor: Jack Whittaker, ADR (Recordist in Madrid): Patxi Anibarro, ADR (Recordist in Bogota): Stick Ceron, ADR (Additional Recordist): Mark Appleby, ADR (Supervising Editor): Dan Laurie, ADR Editor: Howard Halsall, ADR (Crowd Editor): Paul Conway, Foley Artist: Peter Burgis, Foley Artist: Andy Derrick, Foley Mixer: Ed Colyer, Marine Stunt Co-ordinator: Ricou Ben Browning Jr, Stunt Co-ordinator: Willebaldo Bucio, Dialect Coach: Julie Adams, Movement Coach: James Donlon, Carriage & Animal Wrangler Co-ordinator: Rocío Ortega, Head Wrangler: Claudia Porter Minera, Wrangler: AMADOR, Eyvar de La Rosa, Wrangler: Gerardo Jordan Linares, Wrangler: Ricardo Padilla Simerez, Wrangler: Eduardo Porter Minera, Wrangler: Eduardo Gonzalez Correa, Wrangler: Carlos Rene Minera, Eguar de La Rosa, Publicist: Patricia Zavala Kugler, Filmed at: Twickenham Film Studios
Cast (73)
Javier Bardem (Florentino Ariza), Giovanna Mezzogiorno (Fermina Daza Urbino), Benjamin Bratt (Dr Juvenal Urbino), Catalina Sandino Moreno (Hildebranda), Hector Elizondo (Don Leo), Liev Schreiber (Lotario Thugut), Ana Claudia Talancón (Olimpia Zuleta), Fernanda Montenegro (Transito Ariza), Unax Ugalde (teenage Florentino), Laura Harring (Sara Noriega), John Leguizamo (Lorenzo Daza), Alicia Borrachero (Escolástica), Angie Cepeda (Widow Nazaret), Marcela Mar (America Vicuna), Gina Bernard Forbes (Digna Pardo), Juan Ángel (Marco Aurelio - 40s), Liliana Álvarez González (Marco Aurelio's wife), Catalina Botero (Ofelia Urbino - 40s), Miguel Angel Pazos Galindo (Ofelia's husband), María Cecilia Herrera (Urbino's sweet wife), Luis Fernando Hoyos (Urbino Urbino), Carlos Duplat, Francisco Raul Linero (mourner), Julieth Paola Hoyos Zúniga (barefoot maid), Father Gerardo Norberto Arango Echeverri (priest), Dora Cadavid (mother superior), María Eugenia Arboleda (Gala Placida), Marta Elena Sawades Rodríguez, Lisseth Janeth Figueroa Manzur, Denis Mercado Moreno (Lotario whore), Beatriz Colombia Ospino, Jhon Alexander Toro (ageing whore), Julian Diaz (sweet seller), Jose Luis Garcia Campos (porter), Manuel Sarmiento (Belgian photographer), Rodolfo Enrique Mercado Parra (Benny Centeno), Fernando Cajales (Don Leo's clerk), Luis Adolfo Tamara Cardona (first mate's voice), Rafael Vergara (captain's voice), Andres Casas (cholera boatman), Rubria Negrao (Rosalba), Antonio Jose de Lavalle Ospino (child 7 years old), Oscar Ezequiel Padilla Garcia (panic child), Ivan Diaz Pombo (the sailor), Noelle Schonwald, Paola Turbay (attractive woman), Maria Alejandra Fuentes Atencia (trolley skinny girl), Eliris Sierra Gomez (thin black woman), Luis Fernando Gil Caldera (paper seller), Andres Castaneda (handsome youth), Nicolas Bolano Villamil (baptism priest), Samuel Aguilar (Marco Aurelio - newborn), Maria Teresa Mateos Romero (young girl), Alejandra Borrero (Dona Blanca), Patricia Castaneda, Laura Garcia Marulanda, Rita Bendek, Rosario Jaramillo (grand lady), Maria Carolina Cuervo (grand lady daughter), Alfonso Wong Mah (Wing Wu Peng), Margalida Castro Rueda (governess), Ena Ortega De Insignares (woman with Transito), Marina Chirolla (old nurse), Miguel Canal (boy with cage), Horacio Tavera (Diego), Salvatore Basile (city mayor), Adriana Cantor (Andrea Varon), Indhira Serrano (Dr Barbara Lynch), Nohemi Millan (La Boheme singer female), Isaac Jos Ricardo Aldana (La Boheme singer male), Luis Alberto Moreno Ruiz (Hudson's driver), Juan Antonio Restom Bitar (Florentino's clerk), Andres Parra (Captain Samaritano)