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The Embalmer
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The Embalmer

2002-09-06 · 101 min · ★ 7.2

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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Directors
Matteo Garrone
Production companies
Fandango
Countries
Italy
Status
Released
Revenue
USD 384,336

Top Cast

Ernesto MahieuxErnesto MahieuxPeppino Profeta
Valerio Foglia ManzilloValerio Foglia ManzilloValerio
Elisabetta RocchettiElisabetta RocchettiDeborah
Lina BernardiLina BernardiMadre di Deborah
Pietro BiondiPietro BiondiPadre di Deborah
Marcella GranitoManuela
Beppe ArenaProprietario officina
Bernardino TerraccianoBoss
Vincenzo PuocciScagnozzo #1
Renato PuocciScagnozzo #2
Valentino PuocciScagnozzo #3
Antonella LoriAntonella LoriMoglie boss
Aldo LeonardiDatore lavoro Deborah
Nadia CarlomagnoNadia CarlomagnoAmica Peppino #1
Rita BrugnoliAmica Peppino #2
Livia RasettiAmica Peppino #3
Salvatore FelacoMorto #1
Ferdinando IannucciMorto #2
Rosario J. GnoloRosario J. GnoloImprenditore caseificio
Carlo Del SorboBecchino

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