The Embalmer (2002)
Kernel Score: 80% · 249 TMDB ratings
Genres: Drama, Romance
Released: 2002-09-06
Runtime: 101 minutes
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 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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Director
Cast
- Ernesto Mahieux as Peppino Profeta
- Valerio Foglia Manzillo as Valerio
- Elisabetta Rocchetti as Deborah
- Lina Bernardi as Madre di Deborah
- 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
The Embalmer FAQ
Is The Embalmer good?
The Embalmer has an 80% Kernel Score on Fresh Kernels, our own critic-informed editorial score.
What movies are like The Embalmer?
If you liked The Embalmer, try It Ends with Us, Don't Move, Persuasion and My Policeman.