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The Embalmer poster
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Excellent
MASTER SCORE 76.8 / 100
2002·Drama / Romance·1h 40m

THE EMBALMER

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.

Above the Line
Matteo Garrone·DirectorMassimo Gaudioso·ScreenplayUgo Chiti·ScreenplayMarco Onorato·Director of PhotographyGianluigi Carlone·Original Music ComposerMarco Spoletini·Editor
Cast
Ernesto Mahieux·Peppino ProfetaValerio Foglia Manzillo·ValerioElisabetta Rocchetti·DeborahLina Bernardi·Madre di DeborahPietro Biondi·Padre di DeborahMarcella Granito·ManuelaBeppe Arena·Proprietario officinaBernardino Terracciano·BossVincenzo Puocci·Scagnozzo #1Renato Puocci·Scagnozzo #2
Full Crew
(30 credits)
Directing· 3
Matteo Garrone·DirectorSalvatore Sansone·First Assistant DirectorGianni Di Gregorio·Script Supervisor
Writing· 6
Massimo Gaudioso·ScreenplayMassimo Gaudioso·StoryUgo Chiti·ScreenplayUgo Chiti·StoryMatteo Garrone·ScreenplayMatteo Garrone·Story
Camera· 1
Marco Onorato·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Marco Spoletini·Editor
Sound & Music· 7
Gianluigi Carlone·Original Music ComposerRoberto Carlone·Original Music ComposerSandro Berti·Original Music ComposerGiancarlo Macrì·Original Music ComposerRoberto Vernetti·Original Music ComposerMaricetta Lombardo·SoundElena Denti·Boom Operator
Art & Design· 2
Paolo Bonfini·Production DesignFrancesca Leondeff·Costume Design
Production· 10
Domenico Procacci·ProducerClaudio Zampetti·AdministrationSandra Bonacchi·Production ManagerGianluca Chiaretti·Production ManagerLuigi Lagrasta·Line ProducerLaura Paolucci·Production ConsultantDaniela Staffa·PublicistPaolo Di Gravio·Accounting SupervisorCesare Pozzi·Accounting Clerk AssistantMaria Continella·Production Coordinator
By the Numbers
76.8
OF 100
Master Score
7.0
OF 10
IMDb
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CRITICS
Rotten Tomatoes
$384K
Worldwide Gross
0
Oscar Wins
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