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.

• New Line Cinema
• Grosvenor Park Media
• Javier Bardem
• Unax Ugalde
• Benjamin Bratt
• Catalina Sandino Moreno
• Hector Elizondo
• Liev Schreiber
• Fernanda Montenegro
• Laura Harring