The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
movie
Released March 07, 2001
Overview
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
as
Antonio Bolivar
Timothy Spall
as
Luis Agalla
Hugo Weaving
as
Rubicondo
Cathy Tyson
as
Josefina
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Victor Bottenbley
as
Nushino
Guillermo Toledo
as
Onecen
Fede Celada
as
Juan
Luis Hostalot
as
Manuel
Behi Djanati Atai
as
Dolores
Josse De Pauw
as
The Man Who Bets
Jerome Ehlers
as
Gringo
Jim van der Woude
as
The Patient
Crew
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Graham Tardif
as
Original Music Composer
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Denis Lenoir
as
Director of Photography
Luis Sepúlveda
as
Novel
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Fernando Sancho
as
Original Music Composer
Rolf de Heer
as
Director
Rolf de Heer
as
Screenplay
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Michelle de Broca
as
Producer
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Julie Ryan
as
Producer
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Jean-Pierre Maricourt
as
Special Effects
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Liliane Caille
as
Special Effects Technician
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Claude Cohen
as
Writer
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Mark Ellis
as
Assistant Editor