The read
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 24m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
52 audience votes
Key crew
- Tomás Gutiérrez AleaDirector
- Leo BrouwerOriginal Music Composer
- Tomás Gutiérrez AleaScreenplay
- Alfredo L. Del CuetoScreenplay
- Ramón F. SuárezScreenplay
Cast
- Salvador WoodNephew
- Silvia PlanasAunt
- Manuel EstanilloBureaucrat
- Omar AlfonsoCojimar
- Gaspar De SantelicesNephew's boss
- Elsa MonteroSabor
- Luis RomayEl Zorro
- Carlos Ruiz de la TejeraPsychiatrist
- Richard SuarezTarafa
- Alicia BustamanteCast
- Tania AlvaradoCast
- Pedro Pablo AstorgaCast
Stills
Themes
bureaucracynightmarefuneralcubagravesatiresocial satiredeathgraveyardbooklet