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
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time a screenplay by Wataru Kenmotsu, and starring idol Tomoyo Harada in her first film. It's been since released internationally on DVD, with English subtitles, under several unofficial English titles ("The Little Girl Who Conquered Time", "Girl of Time", "The Girl Who Cut Time", among others). Yasutaka Tsutsui wrote a short story parodying his own novel titled "Scenario: Toki o Kakeru Shōjo" in response to the film adaptation. Adapted to an episode of "Getsuyō Drama Land". Starring Yoko Minamino. The second live-action television adaptation aired as a five-episode Japanese television live-action TV series broadcast on Fuji Television between February 19 and