''Orozco the Embalmer'' (
Spanish: ''Orozco el embalsamador'') is a 2001 Spanish-language Japanese
mondo film directed by
Kiyotaka Tsurisaki. It follows a
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
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embalmer named Froilan Orozco Duarte, who is shown living in
El Cartucho
El Cartucho or Calle del Cartucho was a street in the neighborhood of Santa Inés in Bogota which was destroyed and replaced by a park. At its time, it was one of the poorest and most dangerous areas in Colombia, known for rampant drug trafficking ...
, an impoverished and crime-ridden area of
Bogotá
Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...
, Colombia, where the homicide rate is high and corpses can be seen on the streets.
The film comprises footage taken over a period of several years, documenting in a graphic
cinéma vérité manner Orozco's embalming of corpses. Orozco died during the production of the film.
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2001 films
Japanese documentary films
2000s Spanish-language films
Films shot in Colombia
Films set in Colombia
Mondo films
Biographical documentary films
Documentary films about death
2000s Japanese films
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