Movie·2021·1h 17m
Straight to VHS
The search for the ghost that filmed the enigmatic and unique cult film of Uruguayan cinema
Country
Argentina
Language
Spanish
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// overview
The Story
Original title: Directamente para video
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.
Producer
Virginia Bogliolo, Pablo Ratto
Cinematography
Juan Álvarez Neme
Music
Maximiliano Silveira
Editor
Juan Álvarez Neme
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Alfonso Tort
Film Director
Roxana Blanco
Blanca Giménez (voice)
María Inés Pelfort
Tarot Reader
Pablo Denevi
Pablo Denevi
Emilio Silva Torres
Self - Narrator (voice)
Martín Buscaglia
Self - Composer
Agustín Ferrando
Self - Filmmaker
Mauro Sarser
Self - Filmmaker
Sebastián Rotstein
Self - Screenwriter
Santiago Calori
Self - Film Critic
César Martínez
Self - Musician
Daniel Hendler
Self - Filmmaker
Leo Lagos
Self - Journalist
Manuel Nieto
Self - Filmmaker
Julio Porley
Self - Filmmaker
Ximena Bogadoz
Self - Film Buff
Carlos Rodríguez
Self - Former Video Club Owner
Pablo Pérez Veiga
Self - Film Buff
// crew
Crew
Virginia Bogliolo
Executive Producer, Producer
Pablo Ratto
Executive Producer
Juan Álvarez Neme
Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
Maximiliano Silveira
Original Music Composer
Emilio Silva Torres
Director, Writer
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