In the 1980s, straight-to-video productions allowed many directors to present their unfettered vision to a wide audience. In Uruguay, Manuel Lamas’s Act of Violence in a Young Journalist became a phenomenon celebrated to this day as a unique gem by cinephiles and camp aficionados alike. In Straight to VHS, Emilio Silva Torres sets out to find Lamas, who went missing without a trace after his movie’s release. Before long, the film-historical quest takes a strange, surrealist turn.