Love in the Time of Cholera (film) until he got the rights. It is the first filming of a García Márquez novel by a Hollywood studio, rather than by Latin American or Italian directors. It is also the first English-language work of Academy Award-nominated Brazilian actress Fernanda Montenegro, who portrays Tránsito Ariza. In late 19th century Cartagena, a river port in Colombia, Florentino Ariza falls in love at first sight with Fermina Daza. They secretly correspond, and she eventually agrees to marry him, but her father discovers their relationship and sends her to stay with distant relatives (mainly her grandmother and niece). When she returns some years
To Sir, With Love (novel) realise that the couple are serious and intelligent and must be trusted to make the right decision. In a review of several of Braithwaite's books, F. M. Birbalsingh wrote: To Sir, With Love (novel) To Sir, With Love is a 1959 autobiographical novel by E. R. Braithwaite set in the East End of London. The novel is based on true events concerned with Braithwaite taking up a teaching post in a school there. In 1967, the novel was made into a film, "To Sir, with Love", starring Sidney Poitier and Lulu, and the film's title song became a number-1 hit