Drama ·Adventure · Australia · 2001 · 1h 55m

The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

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Director
Rolf de Heer
Cast
Richard Dreyfuss as Antonio Bolivar Timothy Spall as Luis Agalla Hugo Weaving as Rubicondo Cathy Tyson as Josefina Victor Bottenbley as Nushino Guillermo Toledo as Onecen
Crew
Denis Lenoir — Director of Photography Graham Tardif — Original Music Composer Fernando Sancho — Original Music Composer Rolf de Heer — Screenplay Claude Cohen — Writer Luis Sepúlveda — Novel
Synopsis

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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Key Collaborators
Rolf de Heer Director Denis Lenoir Director of Photography Graham Tardif Original Music Composer Fernando Sancho Original Music Composer Rolf de Heer Screenplay Claude Cohen Writer Luis Sepúlveda Novel Michelle de Broca Producer Julie Ryan Producer
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