The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
20011h 55m
67%
6 TMDB ratings
Directed by Rolf de Heer
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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- Release date
- March 7, 2001
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Director
- Rolf de Heer
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