She throws him out, He confesses his undying love for her. An end in itself. Javier goes to the home of his beloved, now a grieving widow, on the day of her husband's funeral. Not a means to an end, but the alpha and omega. Bardem's soul power makes us believe in romantic dialogue that you rarely hear in a Hollywood film There is no greater glory than to die for love. Think of love as a state of grace.
No other woman penetrated his defenses. This is why he says he is a virgin who waited for her 53 years. Throughout her long marriage to the town doctor, Bardem's character has meaningless affairs, never holding any woman dear in his heart except for his beloved. When Javier Bardem makes a personal vow to love her forever, he infuses his commitment with tender,tangible soul that made me understand his yearning and to root for his reunion with his beloved decades later.
Much like Romeo and Juliet, Bardem's teenage character falls deeply in love with his beloved, but her father sends her away because they are too young and he is not suitable marriage material. When I saw Javier Bardem carry that torch in the film inspired by the Marquez novel, he seduced me to believe in his devotion to the power of true love. When I first read Love In The Time Of Cholera, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, I was skeptical that a man could carry a torch for his soulmate for 53 years until their love was fulfilled.
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