CinemaOSMovie · 1977 · 2h 0m

The Smoking Fish

The intimate life of a brothel

69%(14)IMDbComedyDrama

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.

Directed byRomán Chalbaud

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 0m
Language
ES
Released
January 2, 1977
Studios
Gente de Cine

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el pez que fuma

el pez que fuma

El Pez que fuma

El Pez que fuma

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Hilda Vera

Hilda Vera

La Garza

Orlando Urdaneta

Orlando Urdaneta

Jairo

Haydée Balza

Haydée Balza

Selva María

Miguelangel Landa

Miguelangel Landa

Dimas

Rafael Briceño

Rafael Briceño

Arturo Calderón

Arturo Calderón

Ignacio Navarro

Nelly Meruane

Herminia Valdez

Pilar Romero

La Cucuteña

Creative team
Directed by
Román Chalbaud
Román Chalbaud
Written by
José Ignacio Cabrujas
José Ignacio Cabrujas
Román Chalbaud
Román Chalbaud
Produced by
Mauricio Walerstein
Mauricio Walerstein
Abigaíl Rojas

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