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Death of a Bureaucrat
“It is easier to kill a bureaucrat than to kill bureaucracy.”
7.4 / 10• 1966• 1h 24m•NR• Spanish
Comedy
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Salvador Wood
Nephew
LeadSP
Silvia Planas
Aunt
ME
Manuel Estanillo
Bureaucrat
OA
Omar Alfonso
Cojimar
GD
Gaspar De Santelices
Nephew's boss
EM
Elsa Montero
Sabor
LR
Luis Romay
El Zorro
CR
Carlos Ruiz de la Tejera
Psychiatrist
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Tomás Gutiérrez Alea's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Death of a Bureaucrat is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
