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.
Keywords:
Dying and death
Ship
Marriage proposal
New love
Based on novel or book
Marriage
Letter
Love letter
Cholera
Teacher
Principal
Doctor
Extramarital affair
Emotions
Movie tag line: "How long would you wait for love?"
Character: Florentino Ariza
Character: junger Florentino
Character: Juvenal Urbino
Character: Hildebranda Sanchez
Character: Don Leo