Straight to VHS
Mar 25, 2021 | IMDB 6.5
77 min Watch NowDocumentary, History
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.
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