Death of a Bureaucrat

A Kafkaesque satire on the absurdities of bureaucratic red tape, Death of a Bureaucrat is the director's homage to silent film comedians. The film starts with the demise of the inventor who had developed a machine to mass-produce statuettes of Cuban hero Jose Martí. Unfortunately, the inventor is buried with his union card in his pocket. Unable to collect any pension money without that card, his widow attempts to exhume the body. Her hands tied by red tape, the widow is forced to rob her husband's grave. (Ljubljana International Film Festival)