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Orozco the Embalmer

2001 Spanish-language documentary film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Orozco the Embalmer
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Orozco the Embalmer (Spanish: Orozco el embalsamador) is a 2001 Spanish-language mondo film directed by Kiyotaka Tsurisaki.[2][3] It follows a Colombian embalmer named Froilan Orozco Duarte, who is shown living in El Cartucho, an impoverished and crime-ridden area of Bogotá, Colombia, where the homicide rate is high and corpses can be seen on the streets.[4][5]

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The film comprises footage taken over a period of several years, documenting in a graphic cinéma vérité manner[original research?] Orozco's embalming of corpses. Orozco died during the production of the film.[2]

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