Italian thesp Giovanna Mezzogiorno, last seen in the foreign language Oscar-nominated Don’t Tell, will stoke the sickly fires of love for Javier Bardem in Love In The Time Of Cholera.
Mike Newell is directing the movie adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’ best-selling novel, which chronicles the story of an unrequited love spanning more than 50 years in South America. Our heroic lovers (Bardem and Mezzogiorno) have to overcome jobs, marriages, affairs and deaths before they can finally be together.
With a script by The Pianist’s Ron Harwood and a $35 million budget, Newell and co start shooting in Brazil this August.