The Embalmer

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.

Directed by Matteo Garrone

Top cast

Ernesto Mahieux

Peppino Profeta

Valerio Foglia Manzillo

Valerio

Elisabetta Rocchetti

Deborah

Lina Bernardi

Madre di Deborah

Pietro Biondi

Padre di Deborah

M

Marcella Granito

Manuela

B

Beppe Arena

Proprietario officina

B

Bernardino Terracciano

Boss

V

Vincenzo Puocci

Scagnozzo #1

R

Renato Puocci

Scagnozzo #2

V

Valentino Puocci

Scagnozzo #3

Antonella Lori

Moglie boss

A

Aldo Leonardi

Datore lavoro Deborah

Nadia Carlomagno

Amica Peppino #1

R

Rita Brugnoli

Amica Peppino #2

L

Livia Rasetti

Amica Peppino #3

S

Salvatore Felaco

Morto #1

F

Ferdinando Iannucci

Morto #2

Rosario J. Gnolo

Imprenditore caseificio

C

Carlo Del Sorbo

Becchino

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