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Straight to VHS

The search for the ghost that filmed the enigmatic and unique cult film of Uruguayan cinema
Mar 25, 2021 · 1h 17m
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PLOT

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
Directed by Emilio Silva Torres

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Released
Original language
ES
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Revenue
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Production
Tarkiofilm, Trivial Media
Country
AR, UY

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