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6.4/10   332 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Claude Cohen (French dialogue)
Luis Sepúlveda (novel)
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Release Date:
7 March 2001 (France) more
Genre:
Tagline:
In the jungle, the one who survives is the one that moves
Plot:
A man is forced to confront a dangerous female jaguar and his own past through the sacrificial killing of the beast he has grown to love. | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins & 15 nominations more
User Comments:
Mesmeric, perfectly paced and utterly beautiful more (11 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Richard Dreyfuss ... Antonio Bolivar

Timothy Spall ... Luis Agalla (Mayor)

Hugo Weaving ... Rubicondo (Dentist)
Cathy Tyson ... Josefina
Victor Bottenbley ... Nushino
Fede Celada ... Juan
Luis Hostalot ... Manuel
Guillermo Toledo ... Onecen
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nor-eddin Abboud ... The Priest
Lionel Barsacq ... Gold Prospector
Patrick Crepat ... Gold Prospector
Josse De Pauw ... The Man Who Bets
Alain Dery ... Gold Prospector

Behi Djanati Atai ... Dolores
Alberto Dominguez ... Salinas

Jerome Ehlers ... Gringo
Viviane Emigre ... Zamora
Denis Fouqueray ... Election Official (as Denys Fouqueray)
Eric Gaudinot ... Alkaseltzer
Peter Geselle ... Boat Captain
Christian Giovanetti ... Gold Prospector
Christian Holer ... Gringo
Georges Laflotte ... Gold Prospector
André Lichau ... Plascencio
Jean-Pierre Soulat ... Drunk Man
Duncan Thompson ... Gringo
Jim van der Woude ... The Patient
Laurent Yawalou ... Shuar
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
El viejo que leía novelas de amor (Spain)
Le vieux qui lisait des romans d'amour (France)
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Runtime:
115 min
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Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In the early stages of development, the director asked for final cut thinking that he would not get it, but he did. more
Quotes:
Antonio Bolivar: It was a kiss of impassioned intensity, a kiss to remember their lives by. more

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Mesmeric, perfectly paced and utterly beautiful, 6 June 2003
10/10
Author: thisroughmag from Australia

This film won the Adelaide International Film Festival's Audience Choice Award, and for good reason.

This is beautiful story-telling; it's subtle, beautifully paced and visually magnificent. And if whoever wrote comment number one couldn't find subtext then he must have been watching a different film.

I'm hoping against hope for an Australian release in the near future.

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