The Embalmer
L'imbalsamatore
2002 · 1h 41m · Drama, Romance · Italy
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.
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evil dwarflove trianglemorbidityneo-noirolder man younger man relationshiprepressed gayseaside townsexual obsessiontaxidermythird wheelunrequited love
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