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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Starring Javier Bardem, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Benjamin Bratt, John Leguizamo, Fernanda Montenegro, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Alicia Borrachero, Liev Schreiber, Laura Harring, Héctor Elizondo