The Embalmer
dir. Matteo Garrone
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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 byMatteo Garrone
StarringErnesto Mahieux, Valerio Foglia Manzillo, Elisabetta Rocchetti, Lina Bernardi, Pietro Biondi, Marcella Granito
Written byMassimo Gaudioso, Ugo Chiti, Matteo Garrone
CinematographyMarco Onorato
EditingMarco Spoletini
MusicGianluigi Carlone
The Embalmer
2002 · 1h 41m
Drama, Romance
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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