The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
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The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

★ 6.4/10 TMDB 2001-03-07 115 min

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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Richard Dreyfuss
Richard Dreyfuss
Antonio Bolivar
Timothy Spall
Timothy Spall
Luis Agalla
Hugo Weaving
Hugo Weaving
Rubicondo
Cathy Tyson
Cathy Tyson
Josefina
Victor Bottenbley
Nushino
Guillermo Toledo
Guillermo Toledo
Onecen
Fede Celada
Fede Celada
Juan
Luis Hostalot
Luis Hostalot
Manuel
Behi Djanati Atai
Behi Djanati Atai
Dolores
Josse De Pauw
Josse De Pauw
The Man Who Bets
Jerome Ehlers
Jerome Ehlers
Gringo
Jim van der Woude
Jim van der Woude
The Patient
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