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The Embalmer
Sign in to save2002 film by Matteo Garrone
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7.2Peppino, 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.
Released: 2002-09-06101 minDir: Matteo GarroneDrama, RomanceBox 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 Madre di Deborah
- Pietro Biondi as Padre di Deborah
- Marcella Granito as Manuela
Themes
- sexual obsession
- love triangle
- taxidermy
- unrequited love
- older man younger man relationship
- seaside town
- neo-noir
- evil dwarf
- morbidity
- third wheel
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Ratings
IMDb
7/10
3,025 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
81%
Metacritic
71/100
- Year
- 2002
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- 16 wins & 20 nominations
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- neo-noir
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Original language
- Italian
- Director
- Matteo Garrone
- Screenwriter
- Matteo Garrone
- Producer
- Domenico Procacci
- Cinematographer
- Marco Onorato
- Narrative location
- Naples
- Duration
- 101
- FilmAffinity ID
- 720248
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- publication date
- 2002-01-01
- film editor
- Marco Spoletini
- title
- L'imbalsamatore
- nominated for
- David di Donatello for Best Director
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