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Love in the Time of Cholera

film by Newell [2007]

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The 2007 film Love in the Time of Cholera is based on Gabriel García Márquez's 1985 novel of the same name. The story, set between the late 1870s and early 1930s in a South American community, explores themes of love, aging, and death. It follows the enduring love between Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza, who are reunited after a lifetime apart, contrasting their persistent affection with the surrounding decay. Gabriel García Márquez, a Nobel Prize-winning Colombian author, is renowned for his mastery of the novel and short story, often incorporating elements of magic realism.12

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