Paraguay has announced Hugo Giménez’s thriller Killing the Dead / Matar a un muerto as the country’s entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, marking the fourth time that Paraguay selects an Oscar candidate.
Set in 1978, during Stroessner´s dictatorship in Paraguay, the film follows Pastor and Dionisio who make living by burying dead bodies in the woods, illicitly. At the same time, the Soccer World Cup is being held in Argentina and one morning, the gravediggers find a man, Mario, amidst the bodies, still breathing. The two men are aware that they must end Mario´s life, but they’ve never killed anyone.
Starring Ever Enciso, Aníbal Ortiz, Silvio Rodas, Jorge Román with dialogues in Spanish and Guarani, Killing the Dead was nominated for a Silver Condor Award in Argentina for Best Co-production Film.
