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Film / 2002
The Embalmer
Directed by
Matteo Garrone
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Ernesto MahieuxPeppino Profeta
Valerio Foglia ManzilloValerio
Elisabetta RocchettiDeborah
Lina BernardiMadre di Deborah
Pietro BiondiPadre di Deborah
Marcella GranitoManuela
Beppe ArenaProprietario officina
Bernardino TerraccianoBoss
Vincenzo PuocciScagnozzo #1
Renato PuocciScagnozzo #2
Valentino PuocciScagnozzo #3
Antonella LoriMoglie boss
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Aldo LeonardiDatore lavoro Deborah
Nadia CarlomagnoAmica Peppino #1
Rita BrugnoliAmica Peppino #2
Livia RasettiAmica Peppino #3
Salvatore FelacoMorto #1
Ferdinando IannucciMorto #2
Rosario J. GnoloImprenditore caseificio
Carlo Del SorboBecchino
Ana Elena ChantzisPiccola
Ciro FortunatoPiccolo
Carmine MigliaccioPiccolo
Antonella PaparanoPiccola
Maria PuocciPiccola
Roberta PuocciPiccola
Sabrina PuocciPiccola
Valentina PuocciPiccola
Francesco ApolloniMeccanico (uncredited)
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