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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- 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
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- Rolf de HeerDirector
- Rolf de HeerScreenplay
- Claude CohenWriter
- Luis SepúlvedaNovel
- Denis LenoirDirector of Photography
- Graham TardifOriginal Music Composer
- Fernando SanchoOriginal Music Composer
- Michelle de BrocaProducer
- Julie RyanProducer
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