Best Italian Contemporary Film Ever

Believe me, people. This is one film some people abroad that like classic melodramatic Italian movies like those of Visconti should absolutely see. Actually, more Italian moviegoers should see this forgotten movie. It was badly promoted and very few people had the chance to see it here in Italy. When it was in competition at Cannes, it was an immediate success. Usually the French have taste, and it's not cliché because they very rarely enlist italian movies in their competition. The film is based, without coercion, on a true news story. The local dialect, the non-actors and their acting are improvised, though the little man is a stage napoleatan actor, and it all renders the movie in a perfectly genuine way. The photography is dark and mostly surreal. The characters are strong and the same time vague and ambiguous. The plot is tragic, as a matter of fact a perfect international title for L'IMBALSAMATORE should be AN ITALIAN TRAGEDY. The social background is realistic and dull. Believe me, after you see L'IMBALSAMATORE you don't wanna see anything else of italian cinema nowadays because almost every production is so damn slick and TV-cut, obvious and with insipid actors that come from the Tv soaps/reality shows and whatever else.