Released:
2001-03-07

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.

Director:
Rolf de Heer

Runtime:
1h 55min

Genre:
Drama, Adventure

• Cast:
• 
  Richard Dreyfuss
  as
  Antonio Bolivar
• 
  Timothy Spall
  as
  Luis Agalla
• 
  Hugo Weaving
  as
  Rubicondo
• 
  Cathy Tyson
  as
  Josefina
• 
  Victor Bottenbley
  as
  Nushino