The Embalmer (2002)
L'imbalsamatore
100 min
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.
- Release date
- September 6, 2002
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Box office
- $384,336
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Cast
- Ernesto Mahieux as Peppino Profeta
- Valerio Foglia Manzillo as Valerio
- Elisabetta Rocchetti as Deborah
- Lina Bernardi as Deborah's Mother
- Pietro Biondi as Deborah's Father
- Marcella Granito as Manuela
- Beppe Arena as Workshop's Owner
- Bernardino Terracciano as Boss
- Vincenzo Puocci as Gangbanger #1
- Rosario J. Gnolo as Entrepreneur
- Francesco Apolloni as Meccanico (uncredited)
Crew
- Matteo Garrone · Director
- Ugo Chiti · Writer
- Massimo Gaudioso · Writer
- Matteo Garrone · Writer
- Domenico Procacci · Producer
- Banda Osiris · Composer
- Marco Onorato · Cinematographer
- Marco Spoletini · Editor
- Paolo Bonfini · Production designer