The Reaper

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Movie
German title The Reaper
Original title La parka
Country of production Mexico , Nicaragua
original language Spanish
Publishing year 2013
length 29 minutes
Rod
Director Gabriel Serra Argüello
production Henner Hofmann,
Karla Bukantz

The Reaper (English for "The Reaper ," "The Grim Reaper ", Spanish La parka ) is a biographical short - documentary by Gabriel Serra Argüello from the year 2013 . The film portrays Efrain Jimenez Garcia, a slaughterhouse worker who has killed 500 bulls every day, six days a week, for the past 25 years.

At the 2015 Academy Awards , the film received a nomination in the Best Documentary Short Film category .

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The film shows how Efrain started working in the slaughterhouse and how the work around death pays its tribute; starting with nightmares about how the tide turns and the animals take revenge on him.

Awards

Awards
Award Date of the ceremony category Recipient of the nomination Result
Oscar February 22, 2015 Best documentary short film Gabriel Serra Arguello Nominated

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Debruge: Film Review: '2015 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentary' . In: Variety , February 21, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2015. 
  2. ↑ Christopher Bourne: Review: 2015 Oscar Nominated Short Films, An Eclectic, Globe-Trotting Selection . In: Twitch Film , February 6, 2015. Archived from the original on February 13, 2015. Retrieved on March 1, 2015. 
  3. ↑ Patrick Hipes: Oscar Nominations: 'Grand Budapest Hotel' & 'Birdman' Lead Way With 9 Noms; 'Imitation Game' Scores 8 . In: Deadline , January 15, 2015. 

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