The Embalmer (2002)
Rating: 7.2/10
Duration: 101 min
Director(s): Matteo Garrone,
Description:
Peppino is an aging taxidermist mocked for being short and sleazy who meets Valerio, a handsome if artless young man fascinated by his work. Euphoric, Peppino offers him a large salary to come work as his assistant, with the job burgeoning into a budding friendship Peppino mistakes for something more. But when Valerio meets Deborah, their fledgling romance is threatened by an insanely jealous third wheel.
Cast
- Elisabetta Rocchetti as Deborah
- Lina Bernardi as Madre di Deborah
- Ernesto Mahieux as Peppino Profeta
- Valerio Foglia Manzillo as Valerio
- Pietro Biondi as Padre di Deborah
- Marcella Granito as Manuela
- Beppe Arena as Proprietario officina
- Bernardino Terracciano as Boss
- Vincenzo Puocci as Scagnozzo #1
- Renato Puocci as Scagnozzo #2
- Valentino Puocci as Scagnozzo #3
- Antonella Lori as Moglie boss
- Aldo Leonardi as Datore lavoro Deborah
- Nadia Carlomagno as Amica Peppino #1
- Rita Brugnoli as Amica Peppino #2