| The Embalmer | |
| Director: | Matteo Garrone |
| Starring: | Valerio Foglia Manzillo Ernesto Mahieux |
| Music: | Banda Osiris |
| Editing: | Marco Spoletini |
| Producer: | Domenico Procacci |
| Studio: | Fandango |
| Distributor: | Fandango |
| Runtime: | 100 minutes |
| Language: | Italian |
The Embalmer (Italian: L'imbalsamatore, also known as The Taxidermist) is a 2002 Italian noir-drama film directed by Matteo Garrone. The film was selected for the Quinzaine des Realisateurs in the 2002 Cannes Film Festival as L'etrange monsieur Peppino.[1] The plot is based on real events.[2] For his performance in the film Ernesto Mahieux won the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor.[3] The film was also awarded with a David di Donatello for Best Script[4] and two Nastro d'Argento awards for best editing and best producer.[5]
The Embalmer has an approval rating of 81% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 32 reviews, and an average rating of 6.8/10. The website's critical consensus states: "Intriguingly creepy and unsettling".[6] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 71 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[7]