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Status
Released
Release
2021
Runtime
1h 17m
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"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.
22 Cast Members
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
Leo Lagos
Self - Journalist
Manuel Nieto
Self - Filmmaker
Julio Porley
Self - Filmmaker
Ximena Bogadoz
Self - Film Buff
Carlos Rodríguez
Self - Former Video Club Owner
Pablo Pérez Veiga
Self - Film Buff
Gustavo Zerbino Stajano
Self - Physician
Julio Pelossi
Self - Technician
