IMDb
Original Title
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
Status
Released
Production Companies
SF StudiosFildebrocMagnetic HallOdusseia FilmsKino VisiónVertigo ProductionsFrance 2 CinémaFandango
Original Language
EN
Budget
$9,500,000
Revenue
-
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.
Director
Rolf de Heer
Production Countries
Australia, France, Netherlands, Spain, Netherlands Antilles, Italy
Spoken Languages
English, Portuguese
