The Embalmer
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- 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 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.
Keywords
- neo-noir
- love
- love triangle
- taxidermy
- seaside town
- sexual obsession
- unrequited love
- older man younger man relationship
- evil dwarf
- repressed gay
- morbidity
- third wheel
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 6, 2002
- Original language
- Italian
- Spoken languages
- italian
- Countries
- Belgium, France, Italy
- Production
- Medusa Film,MiC,Regione Lazio,Fandango,Medusa Distribuzione,BNL – Gruppo BNP Paribas,Intercinema Art Agency,CG Entertainment,Cinemien,CINÉ CLASSIC,First Run Features,Four Ways Features,Homescreen,Azienda Regionale per i Porti di Cremona e Mantova,CDC-Sefit,Medusa Video,Medusa Cinematografica
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- $384,336
- IMDb
- tt0322725