Based on the novel: El amor en los tiempos del cólera / by Gabriel García Marquez

Director of photography, Affonso Beato ; editor, Mick Audsley ; music, Antonio Pinto ; costume designer, Marit Allen ; production designer, Wolf Kroeger

Cast: Benjamin Bratt, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Javier Bardem, Liev Schreiber, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Hector Elizondo, Fernanda Montenegro, Laura Harring, John Leguizamo

Florentino is a poetry-writing telegraph operator who lives in a Central American city. He spots the graceful Fermina while making his rounds, and finds himself in love. While Florentino's mother encourages the courtship, Fermina's father absolutely forbids it. Years pass, and the well-born Dr. Urbino treats Fermina for a case of cholera. When Urbino proposes, Fermina accepts. A distraught Florentino decides to wait. With the help of his uncle, he amasses wealth of his own. All the while, he drifts from woman to woman, never really finding what he is looking for in a woman. After five decades of waiting, he gets a second chance to win Fermina's heart.

MPAA rating: R; for sexual content/nudity and brief language.

DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital, widescreen (2.35:1)

English subtitles for the hearing impaired. Includes English and Spanish subtitles