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The Smoking Fish(1977)
Status: Released
Date: 1977-01-02
69%
14 Votes
Time: 2h 0m
The intimate life of a brothel
Overview:
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.
Languages: Spanish.
Countries:
Venezuela
ProductionCompanies:
Gente de Cine
Movie: The Smoking Fish
Top 10 Billed Cast
Hilda Vera
La Garza
Orlando Urdaneta
Jairo
Haydée Balza
Selva María
Miguel Ángel Landa
Dimas
Rafael Briceño
Arturo Calderón
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