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The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

Mar 7, 2001 · 1h 55m
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Drama
Adventure

PLOT

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.

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CAST

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
Directed by Rolf de Heer

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$9,500,000
Revenue
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Production
SF Studios, Fildebroc, Magnetic Hall, Odusseia Films, Kino Visión, Vertigo Productions, France 2 Cinéma, Fandango
Country
AU, FR, IT, NL, AN, ES
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