Orozco the Embalmer
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.
VIBE
An intensely intimate and unflinching look at the meticulous, almost sacred work of an embalmer. It's a somber, clinical, and deeply human exploration of mortality, presented with a raw, observational style that feels both distant and profoundly close.
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