Straight to VHS
DirectorEmilio Silva Torres
“The search for the ghost that filmed the enigmatic and unique cult film of Uruguayan cinema”
Act of Violence Upon a Young Journalist is a film shot in 1988 and released on VHS in 1989; a mysterious cult work of Uruguayan cinema surrounded by strange theories about Manuel Lamas, its unknown creator. Until now.
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Cast
Alfonso Tort
Film Director
Roxana Blanco
Blanca Giménez (voice)
María Inés Pelfort
Tarot Reader
Pablo Denevi
Pablo Denevi
Emilio Silva Torres
Self - Narrator (voice)
Martín Buscaglia
Self - Composer
Agustín Ferrando
Self - Filmmaker
Mauro Sarser
Self - Filmmaker
Sebastián Rotstein
Self - Screenwriter
Santiago Calori
Self - Film Critic
César Martínez
Self - Musician
Daniel Hendler
Self - Filmmaker
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