Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes81%
Metacritic71/100
259 audience votes
Key crew
- Matteo GarroneDirector
- Massimo GaudiosoScreenplay
- Ugo ChitiScreenplay
- Matteo GarroneScreenplay
- Gianluigi CarloneOriginal Music Composer
- Roberto CarloneOriginal Music Composer
- Sandro BertiOriginal Music Composer
- Giancarlo MacrìOriginal Music Composer
- Roberto VernettiOriginal Music Composer
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
Stills
Themes
sexual obsessionlove triangletaxidermyunrequited loveolder man younger man relationshipseaside townneo-noirevil dwarfmorbiditythird wheelrepressed gay