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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.
Theatrical
May 18, 1979
Theaters
4
Director
Writers
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Alfredo L. Del Cueto, Ramón F. Suárez
Producer
Music
Studio
ICAIC
Original Title
La muerte de un burócrata
Original Language
Spanish
