The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

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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

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

Studios & networks

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