Movie
The Embalmer
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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The Embalmer opened in theaters October 12, 2002. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
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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Cast
Ernesto MahieuxPeppino Profeta
Valerio Foglia ManzilloValerio
Elisabetta RocchettiDeborah
Lina BernardiMadre di Deborah
Pietro BiondiPadre di DeborahCredits
- Directed by
- Matteo Garrone
- Written by
- Matteo Garrone, Ugo Chiti, Massimo Gaudioso, Matteo Garrone, Ugo Chiti, Massimo Gaudioso
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Italian
- Original title
- L'imbalsamatore
- Box office
- $384.3K
Production
FandangoItaly