El pez que fuma (1977)
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- 2h 0min
- Comedy, Drama
- 18 May 1977 (Venezuela)
- Movie
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...
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Hilda Vera | ... |
La Garza
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Miguel Ángel Landa | ... |
Dimas
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| Orlando Urdaneta | ... |
Jairo
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| Haydée Balza | ... |
Selva María
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Rafael Briceño | ... |
El Bagre
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Arturo Calderón | ... |
Don Ganzúa
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Nelly Meruane | ... |
La Argentina
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Pilar Romero | ... |
Deborah 'La Cucuteña'
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Karla Luzbel | ... |
Vedette 'La Satánica'
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José Salas | ... |
Jacinto
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Ignacio Navarro | ... |
El Loco Tobías
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Herminia Valdes | ... |
La Cubana
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Óscar Araujo | ... |
El Mono
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Óscar Berisbeitía | ... |
El Ganadero
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| Claudio Brook |
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Eduardo Cortina | ... |
El Gordo Sosa
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Carlos Flores | ... |
El Gallero
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Virgilio Galindo |
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Gustavo González | ... |
El Comisario
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Nacky Guttman | ... |
La Machorra
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Mimi Lazo | ... |
Zobeida
(as Mimí Lazo)
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Luis Muñoz Lecaros | ... |
El Profesor
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Cristobal Medina | ... |
Negro Rivera
(as Cristóbal Medina)
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Raúl Medina |
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William Moreno |
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Tony Padron | ... |
Montilla
(as Tony Padrón)
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Luis Pardi | ... |
Izaguirre
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Blanca Pereira | ... |
La Violetera
(as Blanquita Pereira)
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Mary Soliani |
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Virginia Vera | ... |
Doris Josefina
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Directed by
| Román Chalbaud | ||
Written by
| José Ignacio Cabrujas | ... | (screenplay) |
| Román Chalbaud | ... | (play "El pez que fuma") |
| Román Chalbaud | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
| Abigail Rojas | ... | producer |
| Mauricio Walerstein | ... | producer |
Cinematography by
| César Bolívar | ||
Editing by
| Guillermo Carrera | ||
Set Decoration by
| José Salas | ... | (scenograph) |
Production Management
| Nardy Fernández | ... | chief of production |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Rafael Gómez | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Enrique Zanini | ... | set designer |
Sound Department
| Julio Garbi | ... | sound director |
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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.
Written by Edgar Soberón Torchia |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Official submission of Venezuela for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 50th Academy Awards in 1978. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Cine Invisible (2023). See more » |