The Old Man Who Read Love Stories (2001)

115 min★ 6.5 · 1,406 votes

• Adventure
• Drama

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.

Release date

March 7, 2001

Country of origin

Australia

Music

Fernando Sancho, Graham Tardif

Budget

$9,500,000