We spend more time than we know trying to go back. We call it fantasising we call it dreaming
- but we're all crawling back each in his or her own way. A group of college friends find
themselves marooned at a luxurious hotel on the Amalfi Coast in Italy. While their boat is
being repaired they can't help but observe the daily routine of a fellow hotel guest - a
mysterious white-bearded stranger who sits on the veranda each night and smokes one cigarette
sometimes two. When the group decides to invite the elegant traveller to lunch with them they
cannot begin to imagine the miraculous abilities strange wisdom and a life-changing story he
is about to impart to one of the friends in particular. Deeply atmospheric and sensual 'The
Gentleman From Peru' weaves achingly poignant insight into a story of regret fate and epic
love.
