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17/02/2006
Javier Bardem to star in film of Marquez's Cholera
Oscar nominated Spanish actor Javier Bardem is to star in the big-screen
adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera.
The Nobel Prize-winning author's novel follows romantic young man Florentino
Ariza (Bardem) who falls in love at first sight of Fermina Daza. He courts
Fermina by letter, only to be rejected when he first speaks to her. She
marries the urbane Dr Juvenal Urbino while Florentino remains faithful in
his fashion and spends the next 50 years waiting for the girl of his dreams.
Mike Newell will direct a screenplay written by Ronald Harwood.
After years of turning down Hollywood interest in adapting the book, Marquez
struck a multi-million dollar deal with producer Scott Steindorff in July
2004 for the feature rights.
Steindorff in turn took the project to New Line Cinema.
"This is one of the world's most romantic stories," said New Line executive
VP production Mark Ordesky.
"It is timeless, and its appeal knows no borders. Scott and I are absolutely
committed to attracting the very greatest filmmakers and artists to help
bring this great novel to the screen."
Colombian author Marquez has sold millions of books over the course of his
career, initially gaining international literary fame with his 1967 novel
One Hundred Years of Solitude.
Bookmarked by The Gardener: One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia
Marquez
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