The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

The story

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

R Richard DreyfussAntonio Bolivar T Timothy SpallLuis Agalla H Hugo WeavingRubicondo C Cathy TysonJosefina V Victor BottenbleyNushino G Guillermo ToledoOnecen F Fede CeladaJuan L Luis HostalotManuel B Behi Djanati AtaiDolores J Josse De PauwThe Man Who Bets J Jerome EhlersGringo J Jim van der WoudeThe Patient

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D Denis FouquerayElection Official A Alberto DominguezSalinas D Deen AbboudThe Priest V Viviane EMIGRÉZamora D Duncan ThompsonGringo #2 C Christian HolerGringo #3 J Jean-Pierre SoulatDrunk Man P Peter GeselleBoat Captain G Georges LaflotteGold Prospector L Lionel BarsacqGold Prospector #2 A Alain DeryGold Prospector #3 C Christian GiovanettiGold Prospector #4 P Patrick CrepatGold Prospector #5 E Eric GaudinotAlkaseltzer A André LichauPlascencio L Laurent YawalouShuar