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.
Cinematography
Amazon breathes, sweats, consumes every frame.
Acting
Dreyfuss finally gets to be subtle, and it's magnificent.
Score
Minimalist soundscape lets the jungle compose itself.
Director
Rolf de Heer
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