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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🔍 Search on JustWatch →This is quietly operating cinema. No big events, no crisis turns — just people and how they live through what happens to them.
Strengths: atmosphere, actors, accuracy of detail. Weaknesses: the pace isn't for everyone, the ending may feel unresolved.
For people who watch films for feeling, not entertainment.
Director: Mike Newell
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Viewing atmosphere: An evening when your mind is at peace. With someone you can sit in silence with after. Wine or tea.
Javier Bardem
Florentino Ariza
Giovanna Mezzogiorno
Fermina Daza
Benjamin Bratt
Juvenal Urbino
John Leguizamo
Lorenzo Daza
Fernanda Montenegro
Transito Ariza
Catalina Sandino Moreno
Hildebranda Sanchez
Alicia Borrachero
Escolastica
Liev Schreiber
Lotario Thurgot
Laura Harring
Sara Noriega
Héctor Elizondo
Don Leo
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