José María Izquierdo, Spain, 2021, 1h 24min, VE [DCP]

More than 30.000 elderly people have died from COVID-19 in Spanish nursing homes. 20.000 of those deaths occurred in just four months, from March to June 2020. What happened in these facilities to cause such a high mortality rate? The documentary The cruelest death It recounts what happened, with testimonies from family members who lost their loved ones, the workers at the centers, and experts of all kinds, from lawyers to psychologists.