IMDb
6.5 /10
1k votes


Drama · Adventure · 2001 · 1h 55min
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.
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SF StudiosFildebrocMagnetic HallOdusseia FilmsKino Visión
Vertigo Productions
France 2 Cinéma
FandangoAvailable in United States (data from JustWatch via TMDB · click → opens in provider)
El Viejo que Leia Novelas de Amor
IMDb
6.5 /10
1k votes
Rotten Tomatoes
The tomato isn't ripe
Metacritic took the day off
TMDB
6.7 /10
6 votes
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Weighted average
6.6/10