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The Embalmer
20027.21h 41m
Overview
Peppino, a diminutive taxidermist with a reputation for sleaziness, meets Valerio, a handsome if artless much younger man fascinated by the trade. Peppino offers him a large salary to be his assistant—the job burgeoning into a budding friendship he mistakes for something more. When Valerio gets a girlfriend, their fledgling romance will be threatened by an insanely jealous third wheel.
Directed by Matteo Garrone
Written by Massimo Gaudioso, Ugo Chiti, Matteo Garrone
Produced by Domenico Procacci
Box Office0Revenue: $384K
Top Cast
Ernesto Mahieux
Peppino Profeta
Valerio Foglia Manzillo
Valerio
Elisabetta Rocchetti
Deborah
Lina Bernardi
Madre di Deborah
Pietro Biondi
Padre di Deborah
M
Marcella Granito
Manuela
B
Beppe Arena
Proprietario officina
B
Bernardino Terracciano
Boss
V
Vincenzo Puocci
Scagnozzo #1
R
Renato Puocci
Scagnozzo #2
Themes & Keywords
sexual obsessionlove triangletaxidermyunrequited loveolder man younger man relationshipseaside townneo-noirevil dwarfmorbiditythird wheelrepressed gay
About The Embalmer
The Embalmer is a drama, romance film released in 2002 exploring themes of sexual obsession, love triangle, taxidermy, unrequited love, older man younger man relationship, seaside town. Directed by Matteo Garrone, it stars Ernesto Mahieux, Valerio Foglia Manzillo, Elisabetta Rocchetti. Peppino, a diminutive taxidermist with a reputation for sleaziness, meets Valerio, a handsome if artless much younger man fascinated by the trade. Peppino offers him a large salary to be his assistant—the job burgeoning into a budding friendship he mistakes for something more. When Valerio gets a girlfriend, their fledgling romance will be threatened by an insanely jealous third wheel.
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