Love in the times of cholera (film)

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Movie
German title Love in the times of cholera
Original title Love in the Time of Cholera
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2007
length 133 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
JMK 10
Rod
Director Mike Newell
script Ronald Harwood
production Scott Steindorff
music Antonio Pinto , Shakira
camera Affonso Beato
cut Mick Audsley
occupation

Love in the Time of Cholera ( Love in the Time of Cholera ) is an American film drama from the year 2007 . Directed by Mike Newell , the screenplay was written by Ronald Harwood based on the 1985 novel Love in the Times of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez .

action

The action begins around 1880 in the Colombian port city of Cartagena and ends there in the 1930s. The young telegraph messenger Florentino Ariza falls madly in love with Fermina Daza, the daughter of a newly rich mule dealer. The love is initially based on mutuality and the secret exchange of extensive letters, Fermina even accepts a marriage proposal from Florentino. However, when her father learns of the relationship, he threatens Florentino to shoot him if he does not stay away from the daughter. Florentino is unimpressed and swears eternal loyalty to his loved ones. The father then sent her to relatives in the hinterland, with Florentino keeping secret contact with her via the local telegraph station. When she finally returns to the city, she explains to Florentino at a meeting in the market that her love suddenly died when they met again and was therefore only an illusion (for her) .

Fermina marries the respected doctor Juvenal Urbino, while the lovesick Florentino does not initially have a steady relationship, but enters into shorter and longer affairs and becomes president of the local river shipping company as the successor to his uncle (the brother of his illegitimate father). Fifty-one years after Florentino's oath of allegiance, Juvenal Urbino finally dies while trying to catch his parrot that has escaped (the opening sequence of the film). Then Florentino approaches Fermina again and wins her renewed affection - to the indignation of her daughter. After frequent meetings, both suddenly decide to go eight days up the river and five days down the river on a sailing steamer on which Ariza has had a presidential suite installed. Here it comes to their physical union. On the return voyage, Ariza decides not to take any more passengers or cargo and declares the ship to be afflicted with cholera . The black and yellow flag is hoisted and the ship is in quarantine with only two passengers on the river for an indefinite period of time. This ends the film.

Reviews

Sura Wood wrote in The Hollywood Reporter magazine on November 12, 2007 that the film was ambitious but disappointing. The adaptation loses some of the magic of the literature on the screen.

According to Andreas Kilb from the FAZ , the director ultimately failed in dealing with the monumental original and in particular the narrated time , the hurry would not be appropriate for the setting and the age. Javier Bardem is wrongly cast, but the effort involved in the film is impressive. In addition, Kilb sees a " torn between marketability and textual loyalty ".

backgrounds

The film was shot in England and Colombia (mainly in Cartagena de Indias and in small parts in Mompós ). Its production amounted to an estimated 45 million US dollars . The right to film the novel cost three million US dollars; In addition, the producer Scott Steindorff promised the writer not to shoot the film in " Hollywood style " (" I gave him my word that I would not 'Hollywood-ize' it ").

The film had its world premiere on October 4, 2007 at the Festival do Rio . A screening took place on November 11, 2007 at the AFI Film Festival . The widespread release in the United States began on November 16, 2007, in Germany it began on February 21, 2008. By December 20, 2007, the film grossed approximately 4.6 million US dollars in US cinemas. However, sales in Italy, Spain and Mexico were each at a similar level. The film was also successful in some Latin American countries.

The film was first shown on German free TV on September 2, 2010 on ARD.

Review mirror

Mixed

  • epd Film No. 2/2008, p. 41 (Landscapes, equipment and costumes are a feast for the eyes, character development over time leaps is not very credible)
  • Die Welt , February 20, 2008, p. 36, by Ulrike Mau (too slow narration, but Bardem is enjoyable to watch)

Rather negative

  • Cinema No. 3/2008, p. 70, by Karl-Heinz Schäfer (homely director, soulless film lets you feel no feelings and bored, dignified in excess length, Bardem misplaced)

negative

  • film-dienst No. 4/2008, p. 26-27, by Alexandra Wach (negative; great locations and decorations, but inadmissibly reduces the novel to an outdated heartbreak story, in places like telenovela)
  • Focus , February 18, 2008, p. 78 ("disappointing")
  • Der Spiegel , February 18, 2008, p. 146 ("failed"; telenovela level, badly cast with bardem, kitschy costume orgy)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Age designation for Love in the Times of Cholera . Youth Media Commission .
  2. ^ Film review by Sura Wood, accessed November 23, 2007 ( Memento December 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  3. Torn: "Love in the Times of Cholera" , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , No. 43, p. 33 of February 20, 2008, accessed on February 27, 2008
  4. ^ Filming locations for Love in the Time of Cholera, accessed October 12, 2007
  5. ^ Box office / business for Love in the Time of Cholera, accessed October 12, 2007
  6. Love in the Time of Cholera: On location, out on a limb , The Boston Globe, December 11, 2006, accessed October 12, 2007
  7. Love in the Time of Cholera premiere dates, accessed November 22, 2007
  8. www.boxofficemojo.com, accessed March 18, 2008