Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
9 audience votes
Key crew
- Rolf de HeerDirector
- Graham TardifOriginal Music Composer
- Fernando SanchoOriginal Music Composer
- Rolf de HeerScreenplay
- Claude CohenWriter
Cast
- Richard DreyfussAntonio Bolivar
- Timothy SpallLuis Agalla
- Hugo WeavingRubicondo
- Cathy TysonJosefina
- Victor BottenbleyNushino
- Guillermo ToledoOnecen
- Fede CeladaJuan
- Luis HostalotManuel
- Behi Djanati AtaiDolores
- Josse De PauwThe Man Who Bets
- Jerome EhlersGringo
- Jim van der WoudeThe Patient