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.
Keywords: based-on-novel-or-book , cholera , doctor , dying-and-death , emotions , extramarital-affair , letter , love-letter , marriage , marriage-proposal , new-love , principal , ship , teacher