The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

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.

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

Behi Djanati Atai

Dolores

Josse De Pauw

The Man Who Bets

Jerome Ehlers

Gringo

Jim van der Woude

The Patient

Denis Fouqueray

Election Official

Alberto Dominguez

Salinas

Deen Abboud

The Priest