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The embalmer (L'imbalsamatore)

The embalmer (L'imbalsamatore)

The embalmer (L'imbalsamatore)

original title:

L'imbalsamatore

directed by:

Matteo Garrone

cast:

Ernesto Mahieux, Valerio Foglia Manzillo, Elisabetta Rocchetti, Lina Bernardi, Pietro Biondi, Rosario J. Gnolo, Nadia Carlomagno, Bernardino Terracciano, Carlo del Sorbo, Marcella Granito, Giuseppe Arena, Vincenzo Puocci, Renato Puocci, Valentino Puocci, Antonella Lori, Aldo Leonardi, Rita Brugnoli, Livia Rasetti, Salvatore Felaco, Ferdinando Iannucci

screenplay:

Matteo Garrone, Ugo Chiti, Massimo Gaudioso

cinematography:

Marco Onorato

editing:

Marco Spoletini

set design:

Paolo Bonfini

costume design:

Francesca Leondeff

music:

Banda Osiris

producer:

Domenico Procacci

production:

Fandango, supported by Ministero della Cultura

distribution:

Fandango Distribuzione [Italy]

world sales:

Fandango [Italy]

country:

Italy

year:

2002

film run:

101'

format:

colour

release date:

06/09/2002

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Peppino is a fifty-year-old dwarf and one of the best EMBALMERS in the world. So good at his job that the Camorra employs him to fill dead bodies with drugs. Peppino never had much luck in the love stakes. He is gay and falls in love with Valerio, a gorgeous 20-year-old boy. Valerio is fed up with his life and sees a lifeline in Peppino. The older man hires Valerio and starts seducing the boy. Peppino may be physically deformed but he has a good and gentle heart. He is very cultured, socially prominent, and rich. Peppino takes on the role of a father figure to Valerio. The only problem is that Peppino is head over heels in love with Valerio and that makes him vulnerable