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The Smoking Fish

The Smoking Fish

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The Smoking Fish

"The intimate life of a brothel"

1977

2h 0m

6.9(14 votes)

Comedy

Drama

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.

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10 featured cast members

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
Written by: José Ignacio Cabrujas
Román Chalbaud
Produced by: Mauricio Walerstein
Abigaíl Rojas

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