Love in the Time of Cholera (2008)

Based on the novel of the same name by Gabriel Garcia M rquez, it tells the story of a love triangle between Fermina Daza and her two suitors, Florentino Ariza and Doctor Juvenal Urbino. Spanning half a century in the complex, magical and sensual city of Cartegena, Columbia, the sweeping romantic epic tells the story of a man who waits over 50 years for his one true love. Academy Award nominee Javier Bardem stars as Florentino Ariza, a poet and telegraph clerk who discovers his life's passion when he sees Fermina Daza (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) through the window of her fathers villa. Through a series of passionate letters. Florentino gradually awakens the young beauty's heart, but her father is furious when he learns of the affair, and vows to keep them apart forever. Florentino however, has other ideas and with his patient heart, he will wait a lifetime for the chance to be with her again.