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7.0/10   709 votes
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Director:
Matteo Garrone
Writers:
Ugo Chiti (writer)
Matteo Garrone (writer)
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Contact:
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Release Date:
6 September 2002 (Italy) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Plot:
Peppino (Mahieux) is an aging taxidermist constantly ridiculed for being short and somewhat creepy. He meets Valerio (Manzillo)... more | add synopsis
Awards:
4 wins & 10 nominations more
User Comments:
Top Quality Italian Noir more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Ernesto Mahieux ... Peppino Profeta
Valerio Foglia Manzillo ... Valerio
Elisabetta Rocchetti ... Deborah
Lina Bernardi ... Deborah's Mother
Pietro Biondi ... Deborah's Father
Bernardino Terracciano ... Boss
Marcella Granito ... Manuela
Giuseppe Arena ... Workshop's Owner
Vincenzo Puocci ... Gangbanger #1
Renato Puocci ... Gangbanger #2
Valentino Puocci ... Gangbanger #3
Antonella Lori ... Boss's Wife
Aldo Leonardi ... Deborah's Boss
Nadia Carlomagno ... Peppino's Friend #1
Rita Brugnoli ... Peppino's Friend #2
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Embalmer (International: English title)
The Taxidermist (USA) (subtitle)
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Runtime:
101 min
Country:
Italy
Language:
Italian
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Company:
Fandango more

Fun Stuff

Soundtrack:
Peppino torna a Cremona more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
Top Quality Italian Noir, 1 July 2008
9/10
Author: latinese from Italy

It's a noir, no doubt... you even have the dark lady. Take three excellent actors, a well-chosen setting, a young and talented director, and you have L'imbalsamatore. Once again, when an Italian director is really good, like Sergio Leone, he can take an American film genre, turn it upside down and make a great Italian movie. However, Garrone proved how good he is not just by filming this, but by making another masterpiece, that is, Gomorra. If you like this one, try also the other movie. Basically one of the plots of Gomorra is set in the same places where L'imbalsamatore is set.

Another important element of the film is the landscape. When Italian directors are at their best, they can render landscape like no one. Garrone can do this with the wastelands of Northern Campania.

Hats off, then, to Ernesto Mahieux, who delivers an impressive performance that you won't forget easily...

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