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The Smoking Fish
The Smoking Fish

The Smoking Fish

The intimate life of a brothel

Genres

ComedyDrama

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Spanish

Runtime

120 mins

Rating

6.5/10

Release Date

02 January 1977

Country

Venezuela

Cast

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

Ignacio Navarro

Nelly Meruane

Nelly Meruane

Herminia Valdez

Herminia Valdez

Pilar Romero

Pilar Romero

La Cucuteña

Carla Luzbel

Carla Luzbel

Nacky Guttman

Nacky Guttman

Virginia Vera

Virginia Vera

José Salas

José Salas

Eduardo Cortina

Eduardo Cortina

Oscar Araujo

Oscar Araujo

Cristóbal Medina

Cristóbal Medina

Víctor Febles

Víctor Febles

Tony Padrón

Tony Padrón

Mimí Lazo

Mimí Lazo

Zobeida

Ana Sabal

Ana Sabal

Luis Pardi

Luis Pardi

Claudio Brook

Claudio Brook

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