Opening this Friday is the movie adaptation of the very popular book “Love in the Time of Cholera.” The film traces the vigil of Florentino Ariza, who waits for more than half a century to claim the hand of Fermina Daza, the woman he loves. It’s directed by Mike Newell (“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” “Four Weddings and a Funeral”), and it features a huge cast that includes Javier Bardem, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Benjamin Bratt, John Leguizamo, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Hector Elizondo and Liev Schreiber.