The Smoking Fish (1977)
2h
Running Time
January 2, 1977Release Date

Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.

Hilda Vera
La Garza

Orlando Urdaneta
Jairo

Haydée Balza
Selva María

Miguelangel Landa
Dimas

Rafael Briceño

Arturo Calderón

Ignacio Navarro

Nelly Meruane

Herminia Valdez

Pilar Romero
La Cucuteña

Carla Luzbel

Mimí Lazo
Zobeida

Román Chalbaud
Screenplay / Director / Theatre Play

José Ignacio Cabrujas
Screenplay

César Bolívar
Director of Photography

Guillermo Carrera
Editor

Guillermo Zabaleta
Art Direction

Enrique Zanini
Sound Designer

Mauricio Walerstein
Producer

Abigaíl Rojas
Producer

Julio Garbi
Sound Director

Rafael Gómez
Assistant Director

Víctor Febles

Nacky Guttman

Oscar Araujo

Cristóbal Medina

Eduardo Cortina

José Salas
Scenic Artist

Virginia Vera

Luis Pardi

Ana Sabal

Claudio Brook

Tony Padrón
Media.

Details.
Release DateJanuary 2, 1977
Original NameEl pez que fuma
StatusReleased
Running Time2h
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
corruption
brothel
coming of age
Wiki.
El Pez que Fuma (English: The Smoking Fish) is a 1977 Venezuelan film directed by Román Chalbaud. The film takes place in La Guaira, in the titular brothel. It is considered by many to represent a high point in Venezuelan cinema, and was made during the Golden Age of Venezuelan cinema.
The story reflects the social reality of Venezuela; it features the poverty and crime but does not make them the centre of the story. It also uses its score as symbolism, something considered novel. Chalbaud describes it as a very character-driven film, and it is structured as a traditional melodrama.
In 2016, the film was screened for its 40th anniversary at Cinemateca Nacional de Venezuela del Museo de Bellas Artes.
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