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Death of a Bureaucrat

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1966 · 84 min Comedy
7.3 / 10 · TMDB

A young nephew is thrust into an absurd dilemma following the death of his inventor uncle. To bury him according to official regulations, he must exhume the body, but exhumation requires a permit granted only with a death certificate already in hand. He descends into a labyrinth of paperwork where each form begets the need for another. His odyssey from one office to the next becomes a surreal voyage through a world where bureaucracy has long triumphed over reason, and humanity is buried beneath mountains of paperwork.

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Original Title La muerte de un burócrata
Year 1966
Country Cuba
Genre Comedy
Director Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Runtime 84 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.3/10 (48 votes)

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Tomás Gutiérrez Alea crafts not merely a satire, but a virtuoso farcical symphony on an all-consuming system. Each new twist, each encounter with a robotic official, escalates the absurdity to glorious, grotesque heights.

What lingers after the final reel is the catharsis of laughter born from recognizing a universal, timeless truth about the individual versus the machine. The film's shocking relevance is its testament, for red tape knows neither borders nor epochs. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

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