Killing the Dead

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| name = Killing the Dead

| image = Killing the Dead.jpg

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| director = Hugo Giménez

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| starring = Ever Enciso

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| released = {{film date|2019}}

| runtime = 87 minutes

| country = Paraguay
Argentine
France

| language = Spanish
Guarani

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Killing the Dead ({{langx|es|Matar a un muerto}}) is a 2019 political thriller directed by Hugo Giménez. It was selected as the Paraguayan entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.{{cite web|url=https://www.elnacional.com.py/arte-y-espectaculos/2020/12/05/matar-a-un-muerto-representara-a-paraguay-en-los-oscar/ |title=Matar a un muerto representará a Paraguay en los Óscar |work=El Nacional |date=5 December 2020 |accessdate=7 December 2020}}

Plot

During the dictatorship in Paraguay in the 1970s, two men who are secretly burying the dead, realise that one of the corpses is still alive.{{cite web|url=https://cinando.com/en/Film/killing_the_dead_227641/Detail |title=Killing the Dead |work=Cinando |accessdate=7 December 2020}}