Love in the Time of Cholera (film) the film, showed an unreleased final edition of the film to Gabriel García Márquez in Mexico who at the end of the film is said to have exclaimed "Bravo!" with a smile on his face. The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics. On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 25% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 110 reviews, with an average rating of 4.7/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Though beautifully filmed, the makers of "Love in the Time of Cholera" fail to transfer the novel's magic to the screen." On Metacritic, the film had an
The Song of Everlasting Sorrow (novel) original, especially the film version. In both versions, Mr. Cheng survived the Cultural Revolution and figured prominently in Wang Qiyao's later life. As early as 2003, the novel was also adapted for stage by Zhao Yaomin (who later co-wrote the teleplay for "To Live to Love"). The first performance at the Shanghai Drama Art Center starred Zhang Lu as Wang Qiyao. The Song of Everlasting Sorrow (novel) The Song of Everlasting Sorrow is a 1995 Chinese novel by Wang Anyi. The novel follows Wang Qiyao, a sensitive Shanghai beauty, from 1945 to her murder in 1986. The title is identical