The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

movie

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.

Cast & crew

Behi Djanati Atai · Cathy Tyson · Fede Celada · Guillermo Toledo · Hugo Weaving · Josse De Pauw · Luis Hostalot · Richard Dreyfuss · Timothy Spall · Victor Bottenbley · Rolf de Heer · Claude Cohen

Studios & networks

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