High Art

High Art

4.5IMDb Score
Released:1991-06-01
Duration:100 min
Country:Brazil
Director:Walter Salles
Actors:Peter Coyote, Amanda Pays, Raul Cortez, Tchéky Karyo, Giulia Gam
Production:J&M Entertainment, Alpha Films

Overview:

Peter Mandrake, a North-American photojournalist becomes embroiled in South America's dangerous underworld of pimps, drug gangs and arms smugglers when he sets out to find the killer of a local call girl.

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