Straight to VHS
2021 · Movie · 1h 17m
DocumentaryHistory
"The search for the ghost that filmed the enigmatic and unique cult film of Uruguayan cinema"
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
5.8/10
Key crew
- Maximiliano SilveiraOriginal Music Composer
- Emilio Silva TorresDirector
- Emilio Silva TorresWriter
Cast
- Alfonso TortFilm Director
- Roxana BlancoBlanca Giménez (voice)
- María Inés PelfortTarot Reader
- Pablo DeneviPablo Denevi
- Emilio Silva TorresSelf - Narrator (voice)
- Martín BuscagliaSelf - Composer
- Agustín FerrandoSelf - Filmmaker
- Mauro SarserSelf - Filmmaker
- Sebastián RotsteinSelf - Screenwriter
- Santiago CaloriSelf - Film Critic
- César MartínezSelf - Musician
- Daniel HendlerSelf - Filmmaker
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Themes
cinema on cinemasemi-documentarycinema historyportrait of an artistportrait of a filmmakersemi-fictionmontevideo, uruguay