THE OLD MAN WHO READ LOVE STORIES
by Rolf De Heer
synopsis
Widower Antonio Bolivar lives alone in a village so small, the dentist comes only twice a year: to pull teeth and deliver the romance novels the old man loves. Bolivar observes the settlers and their machines encroach, dispassionately noting the stupidity of modern man. But when a jaguar begins to stalk the village, Bolivar, who once lived with the Indians, is the only one with the skills to hunt it. Suddenly he is forced to reassess his own place in the jungle world.
international title: | THE OLD MAN WHO READS LOVE STORIES |
original title: | EL VIEJO QUE LEÍA NOVELAS DE AMOR |
country: | Spain, France, Netherlands, Australia |
year: | 2001 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Rolf De Heer |
film run: | 120' |
release date: | ES 20/04/2001, FR 07/03/2001, BE 29/08/2001, LU 13/07/2001, IT 29/11/2002 |
screenplay: | Rolf De Heer |
cast: | Richard Dreyfuss, Timothy Spall, Hugo Weaving, Cathy Tyson, Victor Bottenbley, Federico Celada, Luis Hostalot, Guillermo Toledo |
cinematography by: | Denis Lenoir |
film editing: | Tania Nehme |
art director: | Gil Parrondo, Pierre Voisin |
costumes designer: | Bernadette Corstens, Ellen Lens |
music: | Fernando Sancho, Graham Tardif |
producer: | Iñaki Núñez, Michelle de Broca |
production: | Sociedad Kino Vision P.C., S.L, Fildebroc, Odusseia Films, France 2 Cinéma, Canal+ France (FR); Vía Digita, Eitb-Euskal Irrati Telebista (ES); Magnetic Hall (AU) |
distributor: | Amboto Audiovisual, S.L., Fandango (IT), Océan Films (FR), Cineart S.A. (BE), Cineart S.A. (LU) |