The Smoking Fish
7.0
“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.
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Cast
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Hilda Vera
La Garza
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Pilar Romero
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Un País Llamado El Pez que Fuma
Román Chalbaud Director · José Ignacio Cabrujas Screenplay César Bolívar Cinematographer
First release January 2, 1977 · Produced in Venezuela · Original title El pez que fuma
Production
Gente de Cine
Production
Venezuela
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Languages
Original title
El pez que fuma
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
Venezuela · January 2, 1977
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No release date listed for United States.
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