The Embalmer
(2002)
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The Embalmer
(2002)
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Ernesto Mahieux | ... |
Peppino Profeta
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Valerio Foglia Manzillo | ... |
Valerio
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| Elisabetta Rocchetti | ... |
Deborah
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| Lina Bernardi | ... |
Deborah's Mother
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Pietro Biondi | ... |
Deborah's Father
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Bernardino Terracciano | ... |
Boss
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Marcella Granito | ... |
Manuela
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Giuseppe Arena | ... |
Workshop's Owner
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Vincenzo Puocci | ... |
Gangbanger #1
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Renato Puocci | ... |
Gangbanger #2
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Valentino Puocci | ... |
Gangbanger #3
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Antonella Lori | ... |
Boss's Wife
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Aldo Leonardi | ... |
Deborah's Boss
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Nadia Carlomagno | ... |
Peppino's Friend #1
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Rita Brugnoli | ... |
Peppino's Friend #2
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Peppino is an aging taxidermist constantly ridiculed for being short and somewhat creepy. He meets Valerio, a handsome young man fascinated by Peppino's work. Peppino, in turn, becomes entranced by Valerio and offers him a large salary to come work as his assistant. But when Valerio meets Deborah, their fledgling romance is threatened by an insanely jealous third wheel. Written by Anonymous
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...