The story
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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Richard DreyfussAntonio Bolivar
Timothy SpallLuis Agalla
Hugo WeavingRubicondo
Cathy TysonJosefina
Guillermo ToledoOnecen
Fede CeladaJuan
Luis HostalotManuel
Behi Djanati AtaiDolores
Josse De PauwThe Man Who Bets
Jerome EhlersGringo
Jim van der WoudeThe PatientExplore the crew
- Original Music Composer
- Graham Tardif
- Director of Photography
- Denis Lenoir
- Original Music Composer
- Fernando Sancho
- Director
- Rolf de Heer
- Screenplay
- Rolf de Heer
- Producer
- Michelle de Broca
- Producer
- Julie Ryan
- Writer
- Claude Cohen