The Embalmer (2022)

Set in a small Pangasinan town in the early 1900s, the story centers on the Corintho family and their funeral parlor, Funeraria Corintho. Recently widowed patriarch Segismundo Corintho grows tyrannical after his wife Milagros's death, obsessively controlling his naive 25-year-old daughter Isabel. He ties her to her bed, intimidates the household servants—senior majordoma Miding and younger maid Oryang—and manipulates his assistant Lemuel into a sham marriage scheme. As grief festers, secret trysts, incestuous encounters, and dark obsessions emerge. Oryang discovers horrifying household secrets and confides in Miding, who harbors her own obsessive love for Segismundo. Tensions escalate with violence, betrayal, and unraveling motives, culminating in a bloody climax amid corpses and shadows. (Source: Vince Tanada Facebook) ~~ Adapted from the stage play "Ang Bangkay" by Vince Tañada. ~~ Release dates: May 14, 2022 (Special Screening) || May 21, 2023 (Festival) Edit Translation

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