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.
Cast
- Javier Bardem as Florentino Ariza
- Giovanna Mezzogiorno as Fermina Daza
- Benjamin Bratt as Juvenal Urbino
- John Leguizamo as Lorenzo Daza
- Fernanda Montenegro as Transito Ariza
- Catalina Sandino Moreno as Hildebranda Sanchez
- Alicia Borrachero as Escolastica
- Liev Schreiber as Lotario Thurgot
- Laura Harring as Sara Noriega
- Héctor Elizondo as Don Leo