"Death of a Bureaucrat"
1966
Directed by Tomas Gutierrez-Alea

The story of a young man's attempt to fight the system is an entertaining and hilarious account of galloping bureaucracy and the tyranny of red tape.  With Death of a Bureaucrat, Alea pays homage to the history of film comedy--from the anarchic tradition of Bunuel and Vigo, to the satire of Billy Wilder and the physical comedy of silent greats Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton.  An adventurous mix of slapstick farce and paranoid nightmare make this comedy a rich and enjoyable frenzy of laughter. Spanish with English subtitles.
87 minutes.