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March. 25,2021

Rating：

5.9

Genre：

History Documentary

Keywords：

Cult Film Cinema On Cinema Portrait Of An Artist

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Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Alfonso Tort as Film Director

Roxana Blanco as Blanca Giménez (voice)

Santiago Calori as Self - Film Critic

Daniel Hendler as Self - Filmmaker

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