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The Old Man Who Read Love Stories(2001)

Name: The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
Genre: Drama, Adventure
Released: 2001-03-07
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 6.667
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Timothy Spall, Hugo Weaving, Cathy Tyson, Victor Bottenbley

Drama Adventure

Status: Released
Release date: 2001-03-07
Runtime: 1h 55m
Rating: 6.7 / 10 (6 votes)
Original language: en
Certification: -
Budget: $9,500,000
Revenue: -
Popularity: 2
Adult content: No

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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.