It's never easy translating a book into a film, which is probably why so many adaptations fall into a default mode…

Cast
Javier Bardem (Florentino Ariza)Giovanna Mezzogiorno (Fermina Urbino)Benjamin Bratt (Dr. Juvenal Urbino)Gina Bernard Forbes (Digna Pardo)Marcela Mar (America Vicuña)Juan Ángel (Marco Aurelio - 40's)Liliana Gonzalez (Marco Aurelio's Wife)Catalina Botero (Ofelia Urbino - 40's)Miguel Angel Pazos Galindo (Ofelia's Husband)Maria Cecilia Herrera (Urbino's Sweet Wife)Luis Fernando Hoyos (Urbino Urbino)Carlos Duplat (Mourner)Francisco Raul Linero (Mourner)Unax Ugalde (Florentino - Teen)Liev Schreiber (Lotario Thugut)Julieth Paola Hoyos Zuñiga (Barefoot Maid)John Leguizamo (Lorenzo Daza)Alicia Borrachero (Escolástica)
Director
Mike Newell
Synopsis
Florentino, rejected by the beautiful Fermina at a young age, devotes much of his adult life to carnal affairs as a desperate attempt to heal his broken heart.