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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Cast

Javier Bardem

Florentino Ariza

Giovanna Mezzogiorno

Fermina Daza

Benjamin Bratt

Juvenal Urbino

John Leguizamo

Lorenzo Daza

Fernanda Montenegro

Transito Ariza

Catalina Sandino Moreno

Hildebranda Sanchez

Alicia Borrachero

Escolastica

Liev Schreiber

Lotario Thurgot

Laura Harring

Sara Noriega

Héctor Elizondo

Don Leo

Javier Bardem — Florentino Ariza

Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (born 1 March 1969) is a Spanish actor. In a career spanning over three decades, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Critics' Choice Movie Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and seven Goya Awards, in addition to a Cannes Film Festival Award and two Volpi Cups.

Giovanna Mezzogiorno — Fermina Daza

Giovanna Mezzogiorno (born November 9, 1974) is an Italian theatre and film actress.

Benjamin Bratt — Juvenal Urbino

Benjamin Bratt (born December 16, 1963) is an American actor. He is known for playing Paco Aguilar in Blood In Blood Out. He had supporting film roles in the 1990s in Demolition Man (1993), Clear and Present Danger (1994), and The River Wild (1994). From 1995 to 1999, he starred as Detective Reynaldo Curtis on the NBC drama series Law & Order.