Red Ink

Red Ink

2000 · 121 min · ★ 6.7 · Drama, Crime

Peru, early 2000s. Alfonso wants to be a writer, but he decides to work first as a journalist. He is assigned to the crime section of a newspaper, a job from which he can know the nasty guts of tabloid publications.

Directed by Francisco J. Lombardi · Written by Giovanna Pollarolo

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