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1977

The Smoking Fish

Directed by Román Chalbaud
The intimate life of a brothel

A handsome young man is released from jail and goes to "El Pez que Fuma", a bordello in the outskirts of Caracas. La Garza, its middle-aged owner, hires the young man as handy man, but soon he takes the place of the administrator, who is also La Garza's lover.

Duration

2h

Released

January 2, 1977

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6.5

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Cast23

  • Hilda Vera
  • Orlando Urdaneta
  • Haydée Balza
  • Miguelangel Landa
  • Rafael Briceño
  • Arturo Calderón
  • Ignacio Navarro
  • Nelly Meruane
  • Herminia Valdez

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