"El Cartucho, Columbia: The small neighborhood right in the very heart of Bogotá, the country's capital, has a reputation of being one of the most dangerous places in the world. With its bleak streets full of dealers, whores, junkies and assassins, death seems to lurk around every corner and as natural as anything. Surrounded by misery beyond belief, Orozco the embalmer is doing his daily work - caressed by his hands, the lifeless and beaten bodies of men, women and children unveil their bloody secrets to find in death what they were denied in life - dignity. Japanese documentary filmmaker Tsurisaki Kiyotaka throws a relentless glance at a work beyond the final frontier. His shockingly naturalistic approach to suppressed reality breaks every taboo and pays tribute to Orozco - a quiet man and a worker of death ..."
- Import DVD
- NTSC All Region
- Uncut
- Spanish with English Subtitles
- Limited Edition of 1000
- Director's Statement
- Trailer and More
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