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The Old Man Who Read Love Stories (2001)

★ 6.6/10 115 min Drama, Adventure Australia, France, Netherlands, Spain, Netherlands Antilles, Italy English
Director: Rolf de Heer
Novel: Luis Sepúlveda
Screenplay by: Rolf de Heer
Writer: Claude Cohen
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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

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