Mar 07, 2001
115 min
Full-HD

The Old Man Who Read Love Stories (2001)

In El Idilio, a village on the banks of a river in the Amazon rainforest, Antonio Bolívar, known to everyone as "The Old Man," lives a recluse. One day, Antonio begins reading the romance novels that the traveling dentist Rubicondo Loachamin brings him to pass the time. He shares this occupation with a beautiful local girl, a waitress and prostitute, named Josefina, with whom he ends up falling in love. But all does not go smoothly when Antonio is forced to go on a hunting trip.

Category

Drama Adventure

Country

Australia France Netherlands Spain Netherlands Antilles Italy

Companies

SF Studios Fildebroc Magnetic Hall Odusseia Films Kino Visión Vertigo Productions France 2 Cinéma Fandango

Richard Dreyfuss

Antonio Bolivar

Timothy Spall

Luis Agalla

Hugo Weaving

Rubicondo

Cathy Tyson

Josefina

Victor Bottenbley

Nushino

Guillermo Toledo

Onecen

Fede Celada

Juan

Luis Hostalot

Manuel

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