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Death of a Bureaucrat

It is easier to kill a bureaucrat than to kill bureaucracy.
Jul 24, 1966 · 1h 24m
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Comedy

PLOT

A model Cuban revolutionary tragically dies at work and, as a badge of honor, is buried with his labor card in his suit pocket. When his widow attempts to apply for his pension, the pension office demands the original labor card. Desperate, his nephew embarks on an increasingly chaotic and surreal quest through the Cuban bureaucratic system to secure permission to exhume the body, only to be met with endless forms, contradictory regulations, and apathetic officials.

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CAST

Salvador Wood
Nephew
Silvia Planas
Aunt
Manuel Estanillo
Bureaucrat
Omar Alfonso
Cojimar
Gaspar De Santelices
Nephew's boss
Elsa Montero
Sabor
Luis Romay
El Zorro
Carlos Ruiz de la Tejera
Psychiatrist
Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

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Status
Released
Original language
ES
Budget
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Production
ICAIC
Country
CU

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