LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA (15)

Wed 23 Jul/6 & 8.30 pm/£4.50(£3.50)

US 2007 139 mins. Dir: Mike Newell. With Javier Bardem, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Benjamin Bratt.

Starting in Colombia in 1879, lovesick telegraph-boy Florentino, nurtures a passion for the beautiful Fermina which is to last 51 years, 9 months and 4 days, despite her being married off to a successful doctor by her vulgar, greedy father. He discovers an extraordinary ability to attract women, but never loses his resolve to love Fermina till he dies. This adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s magical-realist novel, adopts a gently ironic and humorous tone as we follow Florentino through many amorous encounters.