Love in the Time of Cholera

Love in the Time

of Cholera

Directed by Mike Newell (R)

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A man vows eternal love and fidelity to a woman who is forced to reject him.

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“Forget the heat of passion,” said Stephanie Zacharek in Salon.com. Love in the Time of Cholera “never breaks a sweat.” Director Mike Newell subjects one of the finest Spanish-language novels to an English-language adaptation that is “both florid and stiff.” Gabriel Garc