Producer Scott Steindorff spent over three years courting Gabriel García Márquez for the rights to the book telling him that he was Florentino and would not give up until he got the rights.
Producenti i filmit Scott Steindorff shpenzoi tri vjet duke ju lutur Gabriel García Márquez për të drejtat e librit, duke u thënë që unë jam si Florentino dhe nuk dorëzohem kollaj.