Orozco el embalsamador

Jul 1 2012 AO 1h 31m
Documentary

In 1996, Tsurisaki Kiyotaka, one of Japan’s most infamous death photographers, ventured into the center of Hell itself - the Rue Morgue neighborhood of Bogota, Colombia. With death and murder rampant, the corpses eventually find their way to embalmer Froilan Orozco, who has been tending the dead for over 50 years. We watch as bodies are brought in to his shop and he prepares them for their funerals.

Plot

The Documentary portraits the gruesome work of Froilan Orozco, a former police officer who now is an embalmer, with over 40 years of experience as a mortician, Orozco prepares the corpses for burial in one of the poorest and more violent parts of Colombia.

Written by

Kiyotaka Tsurisaki

Directed by

Kiyotaka Tsurisaki

Cast

Froilan Orozco

Crew

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Production Countries

Colombia, Japan

Production Companies

Orozco Productions, V&R Planning Co. Ltd

Languages

Español

Awards

N/A

Trailers
OROZCO EL EMBALSAMADOR - TRAILER
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