'' The Reaper '' ( Spanish : '' La parka '' ) is a 2013 biographical documentary film by Gabriel Serra Argüello about Efrain Jimenez Garcia , a slaughterhouse worker who has been killing 500 bulls a day , six days a week , for the past 25 years . '' The Reaper '' was a nominee at the 87th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Documentary ( Short Subject ) at the 87th Academy Awards . The film recounts how Efrain first started working in the slaughterhouse and how constantly being around death has begun to take its toll on him , with nightmares about the tables being turned and animals taking revenge on him
87th Academy Awards
87th Academy Awards
The Reaper (2013 film)