The Embalmer (2002)

09/06/2002 (IT) • 1h 41m

Drama, Romance

Overview

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 come work as his assistant, with the job burgeoning into a budding friendship he mistakes for something more. When Valerio finds a girlfriend, their fledgling romance will be threatened by an insanely jealous third wheel.

Top Billed Cast

Ernesto Mahieux

Peppino Profeta

Lina Bernardi

Madre di Deborah

Pietro Biondi

Padre di Deborah

Beppe Arena

Proprietario officina

Vincenzo Puocci

Scagnozzo #1


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Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Budget

-

Revenue

$384,336.00

Keywords

sexual obsession

love triangle

taxidermy

unrequited love

older man younger man relationship

seaside town

neo-noir

evil dwarf

morbidity

third wheel

repressed gay

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