1 00:00:00,534 --> 00:00:01,702 - This is a documentary 2 00:00:02,135 --> 00:00:05,372 about the monotonously ever repeating abnormal daily life of an old embalmer 3 00:00:05,606 --> 00:00:09,176 who is the busiest in the world, working in the most dangerous area in Colombia 4 00:00:09,409 --> 00:00:11,745 one of the most dangerous countries in the world 5 00:00:12,179 --> 00:00:15,415 which has been gnawed away and ruled by violence for many years. 6 00:00:15,716 --> 00:00:17,551 It's too simple and minimal. 7 00:00:17,784 --> 00:00:21,121 In the area of El Cartucho there's nothing but corpses. 8 00:00:21,355 --> 00:00:24,424 Nothing exists there but a wreck of violence and prayer. 9 00:00:24,658 --> 00:00:28,228 I intend to depict the love and dignity still left in human beings 10 00:00:28,462 --> 00:00:30,631 - after being robbed of everything. - Tsurisaki Kiyotaka. 11 00:04:47,387 --> 00:04:49,523 He was a fruit vendor. 12 00:04:49,756 --> 00:04:51,591 - He was? - Yep. 13 00:04:52,526 --> 00:04:53,794 At least he was only stabbed. 14 00:04:54,227 --> 00:04:56,730 This stab is the most lethal. 15 00:04:57,164 --> 00:04:59,633 - Were you close by? - Very close. 16 00:05:01,668 --> 00:05:04,604 What a pity, stiff. 17 00:05:11,478 --> 00:05:16,283 - Shall we cover it up? - Wait a moment. Just a second. 18 00:05:18,785 --> 00:05:22,622 Take the girl away. She's afraid of him, of course. 19 00:05:22,856 --> 00:05:26,026 He was only a boy. 20 00:05:26,259 --> 00:05:28,728 The boy was a fruit vendor. 21 00:05:57,424 --> 00:06:00,126 Can you spare some change? 22 00:06:01,795 --> 00:06:04,097 Some spare change! 23 00:06:04,331 --> 00:06:06,399 Some spare change! 24 00:06:09,536 --> 00:06:12,606 We're asking for some change! 25 00:06:22,816 --> 00:06:24,651 Why are you taking pictures? 26 00:06:39,299 --> 00:06:42,068 INSTITUTE OF LEGAL MEDICINE 27 00:07:29,516 --> 00:07:32,352 {\an8}JUNE 1996 28 00:07:55,241 --> 00:07:57,243 The liver. 29 00:08:00,347 --> 00:08:04,317 - Are they being reused or thrown away? - They'll be put back in there. 30 00:08:04,551 --> 00:08:09,322 I take them out because they hinder the work. 31 00:08:30,243 --> 00:08:32,479 He suffered an infarction. 32 00:08:46,826 --> 00:08:48,661 The blood turned into this. 33 00:08:58,238 --> 00:09:01,574 At least 5 liters of blood came out. 34 00:09:02,375 --> 00:09:05,278 It always remains in the joints. 35 00:09:18,258 --> 00:09:19,259 There. 36 00:09:24,064 --> 00:09:27,400 The less the weight, the less the peso. 37 00:09:27,634 --> 00:09:29,402 - Will you leave the rags inside? - Yes. 38 00:09:29,636 --> 00:09:33,973 I charge the lowest price for this job: 50,000 pesos (50 US dollars). 39 00:09:34,207 --> 00:09:35,675 Really? 40 00:09:36,109 --> 00:09:38,344 50,000 pesos? 41 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:43,383 At Gaviria, this job would cost 400,000 pesos (400 US dollars). 42 00:09:43,616 --> 00:09:45,752 That's the charge for embalming. 43 00:09:56,830 --> 00:09:58,231 - Who is it? - It's me. 44 00:09:58,465 --> 00:09:59,299 Did you paint it in cream? 45 00:09:59,532 --> 00:10:00,633 Did you paint it in cream? 46 00:10:03,269 --> 00:10:08,508 Look, why should I open this little shit? 47 00:10:08,741 --> 00:10:11,377 - It's a pity. - Will you do me a favor? 48 00:10:11,611 --> 00:10:13,113 Why not, bitch? 49 00:10:13,346 --> 00:10:15,648 - Huh? - Why not, bitch? 50 00:10:15,882 --> 00:10:17,484 - What? - I mean yes. 51 00:10:18,785 --> 00:10:19,719 Good. 52 00:10:30,830 --> 00:10:31,764 Done. 53 00:10:49,849 --> 00:10:53,553 You are watching me dressing a corpse. 54 00:10:53,786 --> 00:10:58,591 I love dressing a corpse. This is my way to dress it. 55 00:11:16,743 --> 00:11:20,713 Let's get some lunch at the restaurant. 56 00:11:21,614 --> 00:11:23,516 Get some lunch or what? 57 00:11:24,584 --> 00:11:25,685 No. 58 00:11:26,085 --> 00:11:27,620 No? 59 00:11:47,407 --> 00:11:49,108 Damn it. 60 00:12:00,486 --> 00:12:02,555 - What did she die of? - Infarction. 61 00:12:04,324 --> 00:12:07,026 This is a woman who has never made herself up. 62 00:12:07,260 --> 00:12:10,330 Why should I paint her face like a clown now? 63 00:12:10,563 --> 00:12:11,197 Good. 64 00:12:11,431 --> 00:12:13,466 These are very rusty. 65 00:12:15,268 --> 00:12:17,136 They are for those who don't even have a scalpel. 66 00:12:17,370 --> 00:12:21,774 They think that these are real instruments. 67 00:12:22,208 --> 00:12:23,543 - For surgery or something? - Yes. 68 00:12:23,776 --> 00:12:31,251 These junk scalpels are good for nothing but cutting yourself. 69 00:12:32,385 --> 00:12:38,491 You are the only one left to photograph this job. 70 00:13:10,657 --> 00:13:13,426 - I'm hiding the stuff here. - Alright, alright. 71 00:13:13,660 --> 00:13:15,228 Good. 72 00:13:23,436 --> 00:13:27,607 {\an8}DOWNTOWN 73 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:30,510 I don't have anything. Just frisk me. 74 00:13:30,743 --> 00:13:32,645 I don't have anything. 75 00:13:40,286 --> 00:13:41,287 Son of a Bitch! 76 00:13:42,121 --> 00:13:46,492 - I swear I don't have anything! - Be quiet, man! 77 00:13:47,527 --> 00:13:51,464 Don't do that! I behaved myself! 78 00:13:51,698 --> 00:13:56,336 Don't do that! I don't have anything at all. 79 00:14:06,145 --> 00:14:07,747 You son of a bitch! 80 00:14:23,763 --> 00:14:30,536 I gave him 1,000 pesos (1 US dollar). But I didn't bring anything to sell. 81 00:14:43,583 --> 00:14:47,320 {\an8}THE SOUTH 82 00:16:33,593 --> 00:16:36,095 These are the viscera. 83 00:17:33,319 --> 00:17:34,654 Done. 84 00:18:53,132 --> 00:18:54,300 This is one son of a bitch. 85 00:19:02,241 --> 00:19:05,277 This isn't a fine pantyhose. 86 00:20:06,338 --> 00:20:08,107 It works. 87 00:20:22,254 --> 00:20:28,094 This job you see here is being done in whatever funeral parlor, wherever it is. 88 00:20:28,327 --> 00:20:31,297 Well, not in a country funeral parlor. 89 00:20:35,434 --> 00:20:40,339 - These belts belong to my assistant. - Yes, I know. 90 00:21:39,398 --> 00:21:41,634 {\an8}October 1996 91 00:21:42,434 --> 00:21:50,376 Orozco wasn't here because he was hospitalized. 92 00:26:08,534 --> 00:26:09,234 How was it fucked? 93 00:26:09,468 --> 00:26:12,671 {\an8}A car ran it over and fractured its hind legs. JUNE 1997. 94 00:28:19,231 --> 00:28:26,605 Che lives in our hearts 95 00:28:35,447 --> 00:28:39,384 Gaviria murderer 96 00:29:27,065 --> 00:29:28,734 Take it. 97 00:30:46,445 --> 00:30:48,513 He was hit hard. 98 00:30:49,247 --> 00:30:50,082 Of course, brother. 99 00:30:50,315 --> 00:30:55,821 He was catapulted out of a dumper and crashed against a cliff. 100 00:30:56,254 --> 00:30:58,223 It's an easy job. 101 00:31:00,726 --> 00:31:02,761 The blood is scandalous. 102 00:31:06,465 --> 00:31:09,368 For those from there it's not necessary to open the head. 103 00:31:09,601 --> 00:31:14,373 - No? - For him, opened on the street... 104 00:31:15,173 --> 00:31:18,110 - It's not necessary to open it? - No. 105 00:31:18,844 --> 00:31:20,045 It's a pity. 106 00:31:20,278 --> 00:31:22,781 But everything taken out is in here. 107 00:31:24,616 --> 00:31:29,521 Son of a bitch, this is a sterile thread for surgery. 108 00:31:31,556 --> 00:31:36,595 The brains are here. So his head is empty. 109 00:31:37,462 --> 00:31:40,165 Inside there is the cerebral mass. 110 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:50,108 - Froilito! - Sir? 111 00:31:50,342 --> 00:31:52,544 - Take the coffin. - Open the door. 112 00:32:06,391 --> 00:32:09,461 - A shooting? - Yes. 113 00:32:13,165 --> 00:32:14,199 How are you, sir? 114 00:32:14,433 --> 00:32:18,603 He is super fine thanks to the kid. 115 00:32:18,837 --> 00:32:21,106 Is he angry? 116 00:32:23,842 --> 00:32:26,678 No. Go back to the funeral parlor! 117 00:32:40,792 --> 00:32:44,429 This autopsy is shoddy. Nothing was done. 118 00:32:44,663 --> 00:32:46,231 Nothing? 119 00:32:48,433 --> 00:32:49,668 It's half-finished. 120 00:32:50,101 --> 00:32:52,504 The viscera weren't taken out. 121 00:34:10,582 --> 00:34:12,117 Damn! 122 00:34:12,651 --> 00:34:15,520 - He's heavy! - You don't have much strength. 123 00:34:15,754 --> 00:34:18,323 - Who? - You. 124 00:34:20,225 --> 00:34:21,760 After the surgery, you must take care of yourself. 125 00:34:22,227 --> 00:34:23,495 After the surgery... yes, I have to. 126 00:34:23,728 --> 00:34:26,264 - What? Water? - Yes. 127 00:34:31,102 --> 00:34:33,772 My illness is in the curvature. 128 00:34:34,205 --> 00:34:35,774 - Inflammation of the stomach. - Yes. 129 00:34:37,142 --> 00:34:39,344 - Anyway. - Better take care of yourself. 130 00:34:39,578 --> 00:34:42,480 - I better take care of the dead. - You've lifted them for many years. 131 00:34:42,714 --> 00:34:45,183 Here I have an assistant. 132 00:34:45,850 --> 00:34:48,720 In case of need, he helps me. 133 00:35:02,634 --> 00:35:05,270 Here's shit. 134 00:35:13,144 --> 00:35:16,014 Here's shit. Let's wash his arm. 135 00:35:42,474 --> 00:35:45,243 - It isn't there. It's down there. - Oh, yes. 136 00:35:45,477 --> 00:35:48,246 I was looking for it. 137 00:35:50,248 --> 00:35:52,017 How much do you pour into a corpse? 138 00:35:52,250 --> 00:35:56,554 Half and bottle is enough because it scalds heavily. 139 00:35:56,788 --> 00:35:58,423 About half. 140 00:35:59,124 --> 00:36:01,359 It's enough. He's almost cooked already. 141 00:36:01,593 --> 00:36:03,094 It's strong. 142 00:36:03,328 --> 00:36:09,401 - What does it do to the body? - Without it, they putrefy rapidly. 143 00:36:18,309 --> 00:36:19,644 Damn it. 144 00:36:58,149 --> 00:37:01,419 He was catapulted out of a dumper. 145 00:37:03,021 --> 00:37:04,622 Was he catapulted out or did he bump against the windshield? 146 00:37:05,056 --> 00:37:06,524 - Catapulted out. - Did it open? 147 00:37:06,758 --> 00:37:09,160 No, the bump opened the dumper, and catapulted him out. 148 00:37:09,394 --> 00:37:10,428 It bumped and catapulted him out. 149 00:37:10,662 --> 00:37:13,198 The dumper catapulted him out, turned over and fell on its back. 150 00:37:13,431 --> 00:37:15,166 Son of a bitch! 151 00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:19,571 - Good. - It was his turn. 152 00:37:19,804 --> 00:37:21,673 He was mature. 153 00:37:27,312 --> 00:37:29,247 He must be hard to restore. 154 00:37:29,481 --> 00:37:32,083 - It's restored now. - But is it the same? 155 00:37:32,317 --> 00:37:36,755 The price isn't the same. But it's restored now. 156 00:37:37,188 --> 00:37:38,389 How much does it cost? 157 00:37:38,623 --> 00:37:41,025 Depends. 30,000 (30 US dollars) to 40,000 (40 US dollars). 158 00:37:41,259 --> 00:37:44,662 It also depends on the funeral parlor's fuckin' archives. 159 00:37:45,096 --> 00:37:48,399 This job costs 10,000 pesos (10 US dollars). 160 00:38:21,633 --> 00:38:24,569 He was suffering from prostate trouble. 161 00:38:24,803 --> 00:38:26,704 - What's this? - Semen. 162 00:39:29,234 --> 00:39:33,571 Now you know how to restore a corpse like this, don't you? 163 00:39:43,414 --> 00:39:45,049 Done. 164 00:39:52,624 --> 00:39:54,225 Let's put the "mijo" socks on. 165 00:39:55,460 --> 00:39:57,028 Damn it! 166 00:40:35,667 --> 00:40:37,535 It's coming off. 167 00:40:40,171 --> 00:40:42,240 - It's coming off? - Yes. 168 00:40:42,473 --> 00:40:47,278 It doesn't fit in. I stick it back in there and plug it up. 169 00:40:57,221 --> 00:40:58,589 Done. 170 00:40:59,857 --> 00:41:01,626 Cover up the head. 171 00:41:50,341 --> 00:41:54,479 This is how you dress a laying corpse. With a shirt turned inside out. 172 00:41:54,712 --> 00:41:58,049 You tear the back and turn it inside out. 173 00:41:58,282 --> 00:42:02,453 You raise the head and dress him. 174 00:42:03,755 --> 00:42:09,127 Dressing him from one sleeve to the other would never work. 175 00:42:40,825 --> 00:42:42,794 Hold the neck. 176 00:43:09,720 --> 00:43:12,090 Make it tighter. 177 00:43:12,323 --> 00:43:14,425 It's buttoned up. 178 00:44:18,089 --> 00:44:19,524 Pull it down. 179 00:44:19,757 --> 00:44:21,659 Turn it over a little. 180 00:44:32,370 --> 00:44:34,772 Let's finish the rest inside the coffin. 181 00:44:42,847 --> 00:44:45,383 Do you lay someone in there for a picture? 182 00:44:45,616 --> 00:44:47,018 No. 183 00:44:49,620 --> 00:44:51,589 Let's get him down. 184 00:45:07,405 --> 00:45:09,207 Be careful. 185 00:45:11,142 --> 00:45:12,476 Bastard! 186 00:45:13,244 --> 00:45:16,247 Let's finish the rest inside the coffin. 187 00:45:21,786 --> 00:45:24,755 Remove the bag and accommodate his head. 188 00:45:28,459 --> 00:45:30,361 Exactly half an hour. 189 00:45:59,523 --> 00:46:00,992 Good. 190 00:46:20,544 --> 00:46:23,581 I might switch to carpentry doing this all the time. 191 00:46:25,149 --> 00:46:26,584 Good. 192 00:48:29,073 --> 00:48:32,309 Do you like my picture? It's very nice. 193 00:49:41,712 --> 00:49:44,482 We know nothing about your career. It's mysterious. 194 00:49:44,715 --> 00:49:47,351 - Talking about me? - Yes, as a police inspector. 195 00:49:47,585 --> 00:49:50,120 Well, I was a police inspector. 196 00:49:50,354 --> 00:49:52,556 Were those times as violent as these? 197 00:49:52,790 --> 00:49:56,026 Yes, it's the same. 198 00:49:56,260 --> 00:49:57,595 Good. 199 00:50:01,665 --> 00:50:03,501 A new job. 200 00:50:13,711 --> 00:50:15,179 - What happened? - Nothing at all. 201 00:50:15,412 --> 00:50:18,282 Nothing? We have no case. 202 00:50:25,789 --> 00:50:28,792 Shall we stay there? Boss? 203 00:50:30,694 --> 00:50:33,097 - Yes, I'm leaving now. - Good. 204 00:51:34,124 --> 00:51:39,730 If someone can't work, he shouldn't eat either. 205 00:51:40,164 --> 00:51:45,235 - You understand the meaning of the work? - That's the point. I did it, brother. 206 00:51:45,469 --> 00:51:48,606 He's afraid of nothing, except one thing. 207 00:51:48,839 --> 00:51:50,274 - What? - An injection. 208 00:55:31,595 --> 00:55:37,234 I mend it with the knife. 209 00:55:51,849 --> 00:55:54,751 Formalin scalds heavily. 210 00:56:11,168 --> 00:56:14,004 - She's going on a trip. - Where to? 211 00:56:14,238 --> 00:56:18,475 Not that far. She's going to Sogamoso. 212 00:56:18,709 --> 00:56:22,713 It's so hot there that she would inflate rapidly. 213 00:56:23,580 --> 00:56:25,749 She's filled with liquid. 214 00:56:26,183 --> 00:56:27,985 Alberto did that. It's his style. 215 00:56:28,218 --> 00:56:30,053 And who taught you? 216 00:56:30,287 --> 00:56:36,026 I've been doing this job for 20 years, while Alberto's done it for about four. 217 00:56:36,260 --> 00:56:40,430 But we don't fight with each other about the job. 218 00:56:43,100 --> 00:56:46,036 - You don't? - No. 219 00:56:51,842 --> 00:56:54,778 I have to put formalin all over the corpse. 220 00:56:56,680 --> 00:56:59,516 Of course, it's too much formalin now. 221 00:57:04,354 --> 00:57:07,124 It's a pity that her stomach is closed. 222 00:57:08,458 --> 00:57:11,428 What? I was asked to delay this job. 223 00:57:11,662 --> 00:57:15,432 If I open the fixed body it'll fill with water again. 224 00:57:16,466 --> 00:57:18,702 It's fixed for the trip. 225 00:57:20,604 --> 00:57:23,240 I saw the journalists coming to interview an embalmer here. 226 00:57:23,473 --> 00:57:25,309 They interviewed Biruta. 227 00:57:25,542 --> 00:57:28,712 - Yes, they interviewed him for Channel 3. - Why? 228 00:57:29,146 --> 00:57:33,417 Now people will think that all the embalmers are blind like him. 229 00:57:33,650 --> 00:57:37,587 - He knows the least of all embalmers. - I didn't know that. 230 00:57:37,821 --> 00:57:39,523 He's very clumsy. 231 00:57:39,756 --> 00:57:47,064 Whether he can do something or not, when he is asked, he follows. 232 00:57:47,297 --> 00:57:52,602 The corpses Biruta embalmed decompose because he doesn't know how to do it. 233 00:57:52,836 --> 00:57:56,506 He repaired a corpse around here, 234 00:57:56,740 --> 00:58:03,113 and took it for repair to his companion, allegedly the best embalmer on 1st street. 235 00:58:03,347 --> 00:58:06,350 The best in Bogota, allegedly. 236 00:58:06,583 --> 00:58:08,552 If so, why does he damage corpses? 237 00:58:08,785 --> 00:58:15,125 The corpses I restore last from 20 days to one month without smelling. 238 00:58:15,359 --> 00:58:18,328 I have to present them all. 239 00:58:25,302 --> 00:58:27,404 That's very interesting! 240 00:58:32,142 --> 00:58:34,578 Froilan doesn't do this. Nothing. 241 00:58:36,179 --> 00:58:39,750 How is this? Can Froilan do this, that motherfucker? 242 00:59:37,574 --> 00:59:40,343 Alot of water is leaking out. 243 00:59:45,715 --> 00:59:52,322 When I embalmed an Indic from Ecuador 244 00:59:53,156 --> 00:59:56,059 he lasted for 6 days of vigil. 245 00:59:57,294 --> 01:00:02,732 I was here for 3 days and 3 nights to restore him. 246 01:00:03,667 --> 01:00:06,770 I restored him and kept him well. 247 01:00:07,571 --> 01:00:11,341 And I met with another Indio in Los Martinez. 248 01:00:11,575 --> 01:00:15,178 I asked her how it was, and she said "fine". 249 01:00:18,115 --> 01:00:19,516 Tremendous. 250 01:02:59,542 --> 01:03:02,012 - Your job is fuckin' crazy. - What? 251 01:03:02,245 --> 01:03:04,247 Your job is fuckin' crazy. 252 01:03:04,814 --> 01:03:06,349 They started with nothing. 253 01:03:06,583 --> 01:03:10,253 Yes, I know. I understand what you mean. 254 01:03:11,154 --> 01:03:13,490 They started with nothing, no nothing. 255 01:03:13,723 --> 01:03:16,059 Go away with the old. 256 01:03:16,293 --> 01:03:17,694 They started with nothing. 257 01:03:18,094 --> 01:03:19,429 They get nothing. 258 01:03:19,663 --> 01:03:23,600 They get nothing. Poor, poor. Eat shit. 259 01:03:25,201 --> 01:03:26,736 Eat lots of it, son of a bitch. 260 01:03:38,682 --> 01:03:40,450 Ask me something. 261 01:03:41,284 --> 01:03:43,553 Just ask me something. 262 01:05:27,323 --> 01:05:30,026 She has a well-closed bushy pussy. 263 01:07:15,431 --> 01:07:17,634 How cute she used to be. 264 01:07:21,704 --> 01:07:24,607 - A cute corpse, isn't she? - Sure. 265 01:07:26,409 --> 01:07:28,077 Her feet are cute. 266 01:07:32,315 --> 01:07:34,217 You have to get something for me, brother! 267 01:08:05,214 --> 01:08:07,650 The blood flows from the guts. 268 01:08:24,367 --> 01:08:27,236 This poor old man doesn't even bleed. 269 01:08:45,822 --> 01:08:47,624 The liver. 270 01:09:30,500 --> 01:09:32,268 The formalin scalds him. 271 01:09:32,502 --> 01:09:40,443 It's the same as putting a piece of raw meat into boiling water. 272 01:09:43,780 --> 01:09:45,581 It's cooking him now. 273 01:09:56,192 --> 01:10:04,133 These rags are put into the visceral cavity to give him form. 274 01:10:06,536 --> 01:10:10,139 If I don't do it, it stays caved in. 275 01:10:44,540 --> 01:10:45,174 Done. 276 01:10:45,408 --> 01:10:49,579 When the corpse is bigger 277 01:10:50,680 --> 01:10:57,220 to take out the viscera, wash them and put them back takes more time. 278 01:10:57,787 --> 01:11:05,695 But 99.99% of the corpses are like this, without an autopsy performed on them. 279 01:11:06,129 --> 01:11:08,364 That's done exactly like this. 280 01:11:08,598 --> 01:11:13,569 It's faster to unlace them, to take out the viscera, wash them and put it all back. 281 01:11:13,803 --> 01:11:17,507 - That's quicker. - Is anything being put in the head? 282 01:11:17,740 --> 01:11:20,476 Yes, but this is a poor old man. Why should I open it? 283 01:11:20,710 --> 01:11:26,282 Why should I open the head with a saw? The brains would be taken out and put here. 284 01:11:26,516 --> 01:11:30,486 It's better for him to leave the brains in there 285 01:11:30,720 --> 01:11:33,156 because I have to cut the trachea and two veins. 286 01:11:33,389 --> 01:11:36,259 I turned it over to exsanguinate it 287 01:11:36,492 --> 01:11:40,329 because the brain decomposes when there's still blood in it. 288 01:11:40,563 --> 01:11:43,199 When it doesn't bleed... 289 01:11:43,866 --> 01:11:47,770 I know it doesn't bleed. 290 01:11:49,405 --> 01:11:55,278 Anyway, the old man's trachea and two jugulars were cut 291 01:11:55,511 --> 01:11:58,447 80 he has no blood in the head. 292 01:12:37,653 --> 01:12:41,057 This is what every embalmer does. 293 01:12:41,290 --> 01:12:46,529 Whatever the others say is bullshit. 294 01:12:46,762 --> 01:12:50,333 This is done here and in the funeral parlors such as Gaviria, Cristo Rey. 295 01:12:50,566 --> 01:12:53,569 In Los Qlivos, Cali, Medellin, etc. 296 01:12:53,803 --> 01:12:57,139 But we have to work conscientiously. 297 01:12:57,373 --> 01:12:59,775 Some embalmers don't do that. 298 01:13:01,110 --> 01:13:03,579 It's not because they are afraid or ignorant of the dead. 299 01:13:03,813 --> 01:13:09,118 They know that the corpse is buried the next day anyway, 300 01:13:09,352 --> 01:13:13,689 and that there's no problem. But the embalmer has to open them, 301 01:13:14,090 --> 01:13:16,359 and do what I do here. 302 01:13:20,796 --> 01:13:27,003 Fortunately, I have, so to speak 303 01:13:27,236 --> 01:13:30,373 the conscience to do my best for a corpse. 304 01:13:30,606 --> 01:13:34,343 I could dress a corpse, put it in the coffin, 305 01:13:35,177 --> 01:13:39,448 and don't mind what happens next. I try to avoid that. 306 01:13:39,682 --> 01:13:44,153 The clients would be displeased by a bad job. 307 01:13:44,387 --> 01:13:47,356 Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, somebody might tell the family, 308 01:13:47,590 --> 01:13:51,761 and the family says to the funeral parlor: 309 01:13:52,194 --> 01:13:57,767 "Son of a bitch, what the fuck did you do? It's decomposed." Or something like that. 310 01:13:58,200 --> 01:14:02,638 If don't pay attention, I won't get money from the funeral parlor. 311 01:14:03,072 --> 01:14:08,377 If I damage a corpse and something bad happens, the client won't come back. 312 01:14:09,645 --> 01:14:16,085 Yesterday we talked about the phenomenon of all those violent deaths in Colombia. 313 01:14:34,136 --> 01:14:40,009 Colombia, where best Castellan is spoken. 314 01:14:41,177 --> 01:14:45,147 Even the Spanish don't speak it as clear as we do. 315 01:14:46,582 --> 01:14:52,021 What can we do? When we go there, they just speak blah, blah, blah. 316 01:14:53,356 --> 01:14:56,292 - Are there interpreters? - Of course. 317 01:14:56,525 --> 01:14:58,761 Of course, I know that. 318 01:15:04,300 --> 01:15:07,536 About 40 or 50 years ago 319 01:15:07,770 --> 01:15:14,510 this job wasn't done in the era of Hitler Germany. 320 01:15:15,811 --> 01:15:22,618 They just dumped 40,000 or 50,000 people into a hole. 321 01:15:41,370 --> 01:15:42,338 Done. 322 01:15:54,550 --> 01:15:59,522 These belts are very valuable to me. 323 01:16:00,523 --> 01:16:03,459 I don't need to ask another person for help. 324 01:16:03,692 --> 01:16:09,598 When a corpse is heavy, I put them under the neck or the legs to lift it. 325 01:16:15,071 --> 01:16:18,707 I better don't tell you about my impression. 326 01:16:19,542 --> 01:16:23,012 I think that something different happened to him. 327 01:16:29,418 --> 01:16:30,753 What happened? 328 01:16:31,454 --> 01:16:33,322 He was beaten. 329 01:16:34,190 --> 01:16:36,192 And then? 330 01:16:38,160 --> 01:16:42,198 But the responsible have already signed his death certificate. 331 01:17:29,145 --> 01:17:33,549 Leave it as it is. The mortician will arrange his hands. 332 01:17:33,782 --> 01:17:35,351 Of course. 333 01:17:52,668 --> 01:17:54,336 Good. 334 01:17:59,175 --> 01:18:03,112 - This is another one, but it's no use. - From when you were in the police? 335 01:18:03,345 --> 01:18:05,214 - Not when I was in the police. - In the army. 336 01:18:05,447 --> 01:18:10,452 - Yes. - This photo was taken in 1952. 337 01:18:12,688 --> 01:18:16,659 And this is... it was taken later... 338 01:18:17,092 --> 01:18:22,998 In 1985. 339 01:18:25,734 --> 01:18:28,504 - For what do you need it? - Wait. I can copy them. 340 01:18:28,737 --> 01:18:31,207 Can you leave us these two? 341 01:18:36,412 --> 01:18:38,547 You have changed so much. 342 01:18:38,781 --> 01:18:40,683 I was 18 years old. 343 01:18:41,584 --> 01:18:43,252 Good-looking. 344 01:18:44,320 --> 01:18:48,023 It was an era of violence known as "La Violencia". 345 01:18:48,257 --> 01:18:50,392 - I don't know how I survived it. - Good grief! 346 01:18:50,626 --> 01:18:53,429 - I don't know why I'm still alive. - Were those times very tough? 347 01:18:53,662 --> 01:18:56,665 Of course. Now we have and future. 348 01:18:57,099 --> 01:19:01,136 So many lives were lost in the 50's and 60's. 349 01:19:02,304 --> 01:19:06,175 It was due to political violence. 350 01:19:07,610 --> 01:19:11,614 I'll never be able to talk about it. 351 01:19:12,047 --> 01:19:13,415 Good. 352 01:19:15,284 --> 01:19:20,623 It was so fucked up that I hope it'll never happen again in my life. 353 01:19:33,202 --> 01:19:35,404 Good. Done. 354 01:19:41,443 --> 01:19:45,347 This is my personal file for emergencies. 355 01:19:46,181 --> 01:19:49,652 I keep it here. The only thing I don't have is dollars. 356 01:19:50,085 --> 01:19:51,587 Bring them to me. 357 01:19:52,354 --> 01:19:54,089 And lots of them. 358 01:19:54,323 --> 01:19:56,225 Son of a bitch. 359 01:20:12,841 --> 01:20:15,711 {\an8}FEBRUARY 1998 360 01:20:30,259 --> 01:20:35,698 I'd like to ask you, as his friend, how he died. 361 01:20:36,131 --> 01:20:41,170 I only know there were complications from his disease. 362 01:20:41,403 --> 01:20:44,373 So he was rushed to the hospital. 363 01:20:44,606 --> 01:20:50,279 At first, he had an operation. It was the beginning of everything. 364 01:20:50,512 --> 01:20:56,685 He was given a blood transfusion. 365 01:20:56,919 --> 01:21:01,156 Every month he had a transfusion. 366 01:21:01,390 --> 01:21:07,763 But it was getting worse and worse, like cancer. 367 01:21:08,230 --> 01:21:14,303 And that simple operation caused complications like that? 368 01:21:14,536 --> 01:21:16,505 - Exactly. - What happened then? 369 01:21:16,739 --> 01:21:20,008 He had an appointment to undergo another operation. 370 01:21:20,242 --> 01:21:24,380 In the end, the weight that he used to lift inflated the stomach. 371 01:21:24,613 --> 01:21:27,649 It resulted in a hernia. 372 01:21:27,883 --> 01:21:30,552 He had an appointment for the operation. 373 01:21:30,786 --> 01:21:34,089 But the doctor didn't want to do the operation. 374 01:21:34,323 --> 01:21:36,692 He said that the hernia was too advanced to be operated. 375 01:21:37,126 --> 01:21:41,130 He was hospitalized, but then the kidney caused complications. 376 01:21:41,363 --> 01:21:46,769 - And the bile secreted and turned yellow. - Did he die from lifting corpses? 377 01:21:47,169 --> 01:21:50,372 - From straining himself too much? - Yes, at the beginning. 378 01:21:50,606 --> 01:21:53,442 He didn't take care of himself after the operation. 379 01:21:53,675 --> 01:21:55,677 He was supposed to rest. 380 01:21:56,111 --> 01:21:59,248 But as soon as he left the hospital, he came here. 381 01:21:59,481 --> 01:22:03,318 - He didn't take a rest. - Then the sutures were ruptured there. 382 01:22:03,552 --> 01:22:08,090 No, they weren't ruptured. Areal ball was formed here. 383 01:22:08,323 --> 01:22:12,294 A hard ball. He fastened it with the belt, 384 01:22:12,528 --> 01:22:15,464 but it was no use. Then he died. 385 01:22:16,265 --> 01:22:18,534 Yes, he died from lifting those corpses. 386 01:22:18,767 --> 01:22:20,736 When did he die? 387 01:22:21,136 --> 01:22:24,206 Sunday, 20 days ago? Sunday, 20 days ago. 388 01:22:24,440 --> 01:22:25,674 I made the posters. Look! 389 01:22:26,108 --> 01:22:28,444 - They were ripped off. - One poster is still there. 390 01:22:28,677 --> 01:22:32,548 Look at the posters I ordered. There! 391 01:22:33,649 --> 01:22:37,152 - I ordered the posters. - Let's go there. Where is it? 392 01:22:37,386 --> 01:22:41,290 Look, there is a poster that says "Froilan Orozco". 393 01:22:44,793 --> 01:22:46,562 It says "Froilan Orozco". 394 01:23:11,720 --> 01:23:15,324 It says: "Orozco, our friend." 395 01:23:19,261 --> 01:23:23,131 What do you think about Froilan's death? You were his friend. 396 01:23:23,365 --> 01:23:29,004 - No! No! - Come on, we're shooting a documentary. 397 01:23:29,238 --> 01:23:30,506 Yes... 398 01:23:31,406 --> 01:23:34,710 No, no, no, no, no! It's dangerous! 399 01:23:35,143 --> 01:23:37,713 - He's dead anyway. - Is that all? 400 01:23:38,146 --> 01:23:40,215 - Yes. - Tell me... 401 01:23:40,449 --> 01:23:43,352 - He's still shooting? - Yes, of course. You know that. 402 01:23:43,585 --> 01:23:46,288 No, no, I don't like video, no way. 403 01:24:06,542 --> 01:24:08,377 Shall we go there? Let's go! 404 01:24:15,617 --> 01:24:17,386 Where is he? 405 01:24:26,161 --> 01:24:29,598 You shoot me too much! Why are you shooting me? 406 01:24:38,307 --> 01:24:43,512 All the people lament the death of Orozco. 407 01:24:52,588 --> 01:24:55,490 Yes, you have a wonderful life, brother. 408 01:24:58,393 --> 01:24:58,594 What do you think about Froilan's death? 409 01:24:58,827 --> 01:25:00,462 What do you think about Froilan's death? 410 01:25:00,696 --> 01:25:02,531 - Are you interviewing me? - Yes. 411 01:25:02,764 --> 01:25:04,166 Where are you from? 412 01:25:04,399 --> 01:25:07,336 What do you think about the death of Froilan who embalmed here? 413 01:25:07,569 --> 01:25:08,570 I don't know him. 414 01:25:08,804 --> 01:25:12,040 - The man who died a few days ago? - Yes. 415 01:25:12,274 --> 01:25:15,477 - Yes, I know him. - He was a good fellow, wasn't he? 416 01:25:16,678 --> 01:25:18,380 - Did he give you change? - I was his assistant. 417 01:25:18,614 --> 01:25:19,214 Really? 418 01:25:19,448 --> 01:25:22,751 He gave me a 1,000 pesos coin ($1 usd), but someone stole it. 419 01:25:23,185 --> 01:25:28,156 The other day a man gave me a 2,000 pesos bill ($2 usd), but life still sucks. 420 01:25:28,390 --> 01:25:31,026 He said: "Take 2,000 pesos and don't come back!" 421 01:25:31,259 --> 01:25:33,028 - And it turned out fake! - Really? 422 01:25:33,261 --> 01:25:35,397 - Yes. - And Froilan gave you some change? 423 01:25:35,631 --> 01:25:38,166 - Yes. - Orozco? 424 01:25:39,801 --> 01:25:43,372 What are you doing? Shooting? 425 01:25:44,573 --> 01:25:46,375 - Some change. - God bless youl! 426 01:25:46,608 --> 01:25:48,110 Thank you. 427 01:25:49,611 --> 01:25:52,047 What else do you want me to say? 428 01:25:52,280 --> 01:25:54,616 I love him very much. God bless him. 429 01:25:54,850 --> 01:25:59,421 I'd love some coffee. This shop won't give me any. 430 01:25:59,655 --> 01:26:01,123 No? 431 01:26:04,559 --> 01:26:06,261 Coffee with milk! 432 01:26:06,795 --> 01:26:09,197 I want some coffee with milk. 433 01:26:12,567 --> 01:26:14,436 Sell me some coffee with milk! 434 01:27:07,789 --> 01:27:11,026 {\an8}He was like a father to me. BIRUTICA: SON OF BIRUTA. 435 01:27:11,259 --> 01:27:13,328 And as a master he taught me everything. 436 01:27:13,562 --> 01:27:16,164 I'm very grateful for that. 437 01:27:16,698 --> 01:27:20,068 I am what he taught me. 438 01:27:20,769 --> 01:27:25,574 I'll never forget him. 439 01:27:26,742 --> 01:27:29,311 What else can I tell you? 440 01:27:29,544 --> 01:27:37,152 He was very nice to everybody. 441 01:27:39,755 --> 01:27:42,023 I can't tell you any more. 442 01:27:44,126 --> 01:27:45,694 Nothing else. 443 01:27:46,828 --> 01:27:50,465 He once fought with this machete in an argument. 444 01:27:50,699 --> 01:27:56,171 He took it out to defend himself. 445 01:27:57,172 --> 01:27:59,174 He was armed with it. 446 01:28:40,816 --> 01:28:44,085 You're poor if you don't have a cup of coffee before a job. 447 01:28:44,319 --> 01:28:46,521 It's poor to begin a job! 448 01:28:46,755 --> 01:28:51,259 It's poor to begin a job without a cup of coffee in the morning. 449 01:28:58,466 --> 01:28:59,701 Good. Done. 450 01:29:00,068 --> 01:29:04,706 Orozco has embalmed more than 50,000 corpses during his lifetime. 451 01:29:05,140 --> 01:29:09,678 But he himself wasn't embalmed. He doesn't even have a grave.