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A Balasaur Score of 52 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 25%, Metacritic 43/100. Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do. Most of the 3,223 2000s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes25%
Metacritic43/100
Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do.
422 audience votes
Key crew
- Mike NewellDirector
- Antonio PintoOriginal Music Composer
- Ronald HarwoodScreenplay
Cast
- Javier BardemFlorentino Ariza
- Giovanna MezzogiornoFermina Daza
- Benjamin BrattJuvenal Urbino
- John LeguizamoLorenzo Daza
- Fernanda MontenegroTransito Ariza
- Catalina Sandino MorenoHildebranda Sanchez
- Alicia BorracheroEscolastica
- Liev SchreiberLotario Thurgot
- Laura HarringSara Noriega
- Héctor ElizondoDon Leo
- Ana Claudia TalancónOlympia Zuleta
- Angie CepedaJunge Witwe
Stills
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Themes
dying and deathshipmarriage proposalnew lovebased on novel or bookmarriageletterlove lettercholerateacherprincipaldoctor