A young man attempts to fight the system in an entertaining account of bureaucracy amok and the tyranny of red tape.
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Salvador Wood | ... | Nephew |
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Silvia Planas | ... | Aunt |
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Manuel Estanillo | ... | Bureaucrat |
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Omar Alfonso | ... | Cojimar |
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Tania Alvarado | ||
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Gaspar De Santelices | ... | Nephew's boss |
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Elsa Montero | ... | Sabor |
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A Cuban worker dies accidentally and is buried together with his union card. It soon turns out that the widow will absolutely need the card for claiming her pension. Young nephew starts his hilarious fight against the authorities in order to disinter and rebury his uncle and retrieve the precious document. Written by Markku Kuoppamäki
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24 July 1966 (Cuba) See more »Also Known As:
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Forget post-revolutionary Cuba; right here in America, in 2000, there is enough bureaucracy for the comedic lessons of Alea's great film about people's propensity to conform at all costs to absurd restrictions from 'above' and cause misery to others rather than risk the slightest insecurity to themselves, to be driven home painfully. This is a really funny film but one that makes you think, like Tati's 'Playtime,' Fellini's early films or some of Bunuel's. This film is deeply critical and ridicules everything that is part and parcel of government enforced socialism. You can't fault Castro for not having a sense of humor, if he agreed to release this film. Leo Beower's understated music is, as always, excellent.