IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0484740/
Plot:
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. Ariza is persistent, writing her constantly, serenading, speaking poetically of love. Her father tries to keep them apart, and then, one day, she sees this love as an illusion. She’s soon married to Urbino, a cultured physician, and for years, Ariza carries a torch, finding solace in the arms of women, loving none. After Urbino’s fall, are Ariza’s hopes delusional?
Review: Starring Benjamin Bratt as the most recognisable face from his stints in NYPD Blue. It also stars Javier Bardem who had a lead role in No Country for Old Men.
It’s a pretty odd story and took me maybe half the movie to catch on what was going on, in short. The character played by Bardem spends his years sleeping with women and writing about it in his journal. But the whole time telling them he is a virgin. He does this after losing someone he loved when he was a youg man and spends his time looking for love. By the end of the movie he’s slept with over 600 women during his life until he meets the woman that broke his heart when he was younger.
Rating
4/5