Love in the Time of Cholera (film)

Love in the Time of Cholera
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mike Newell
Screenplay by	Ronald Harwood
Based on	Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Produced by	Scott Steindorff
Starring	Javier Bardem Giovanna Mezzogiorno Benjamin Bratt Catalina Sandino Moreno Hector Elizondo Liev Schreiber Ana Claudia Talancón Fernanda Montenegro Laura Harring John Leguizamo
Cinematography	Affonso Beato
Edited by	Mick Audsley
Music by	Antonio Pinto Shakira
Production companies	Stone Village Pictures Grosvenor Park
Distributed by	New Line Cinema (United States) Summit Entertainment (International)[1]
Release date	November 16, 2007 (2007-11-16)
Running time	139 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$50 million
Box office	$31 million[2]

Love in the Time of Cholera is a 2007 American romantic drama film directed by Mike Newell. Based on the 1985 novel of the same name by the Colombian Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez, it tells the story of love between Fermina Daza (played by Giovanna Mezzogiorno) and her lover, Florentino Ariza (Javier Bardem) and her husband Juvenal Urbino (Benjamin Bratt) which spans 50 years, from 1880 to 1930.

It is the first filming of a García Márquez novel by a Hollywood studio, rather than by Latin American or Italian directors. It is also the first English-language work of Academy Award-nominated Brazilian actress Fernanda Montenegro, who portrays Tránsito Ariza. Shakira wrote two original songs "Hay Amores" and "Despedida" for the film.