Straight to VHS
5.8
“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.
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Cast
22 people
Alfonso Tort
Film Director
Known for
A Twelve-Year Night
Chronicle of an Escape
Roxana Blanco
Blanca Giménez (voice)
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The Dead Man and Being Happy
María Inés Pelfort
Tarot Reader
Pablo Denevi
Pablo Denevi
Emilio Silva Torres
Self - Narrator (voice)
Martín Buscaglia
Self - Composer
Agustín Ferrando
Self - Filmmaker
Also in
Another Week On Cartoon
Quieren Rock?
Mauro Sarser
Self - Filmmaker
Also in
Los Modernos
Ghosting Gloria
Sebastián Rotstein
Self - Screenwriter
Also in
20,000 Kisses
Cuando brillan las estrellas
Santiago Calori
Self - Film Critic
Also in
Los visionadores
César Martínez
Self - Musician
Daniel Hendler
Self - Filmmaker
Known for
Virus: 32
Community Squad
Emilio Silva Torres Director · Maximiliano Silveira Composer Juan Álvarez Neme Cinematographer
First release March 25, 2021 · Produced in Argentina, Uruguay · Production Trivial Media
Production
Tarkiofilm
Production
Trivial Media
Production
Argentina · Uruguay
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Directamente para video
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
Argentina · March 25, 2021
Premiere · Bafici
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
August 12, 2021 · Premiere · Fantasia International Film Festival
Portugal
September 11, 2021 · Premiere · MOTELX
Spain
October 11, 2021 · Premiere · Sitges Film Festival
October 28, 2021 · Premiere · TerrorMolins
October 28, 2021 · Digital · TerrorMolins TV
Uruguay
November 6, 2021 · Premiere · Cineteca Uruguaya