The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
(2001)
★ 6.4 IMDb · 9 votes
Year: 2001
Runtime: 115 мин
Country: Australia, France
Director: Rolf de Heer
Cast: Ричард Дрейфус, Тимоти Сполл, Хьюго Уивинг, Cathy Tyson, Victor Bottenbley, Guillermo Toledo, Fede Celada, Luis Hostalot, Behi Djanati Atai, Josse De Pauw
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.