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World Cinema: The Death of a Bureaucrat

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The second of three films made in Cuba since the revolution
Starring Salvador Wood, Silvia Planas, Manuel Estanillo

The widow of a factory worker who is buried with his union card fights a desperate bureaucratic battle to get her husband's body exhumed so that she can prove she's eligible for a pension.
'The best black comedy I have watched for years' was Dilys Powell's verdict on this delightful film by the director of Memories of Underdevelopment.
(This Week's Films: page 9)

Contributors

Director:
Tomas Gutierrez Alea
The Nephew:
Salvador Wood
The Aunt:
Silvia Planas
The Bureaucrat:
Manuel Estanillo
The Nephew's Boss:
Gaspar de Santelices
The Psychiatrist:
Carlos Ruiz de la Tejera
Cojimar:
Omar Alfonso
Tarafa:
Ricardo Suarez
El Zorro:
Luis Romay
Sabor:
Elsa Montero
Source: Radio Times

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