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The Undertaker by Joe Penhall

The Undertaker by Joe Penhall

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An undertaker's desire to impress a young woman goes horribly wrong.

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A young woman visits an undertaker to organise the funeral of her father. Unusually cheerful and self-possessed for someone freshly bereaved, she catches the eye of the friendly young undertaker and they go out for a drink.

Over a glass of wine she asks if she can see her father's body and they go to the embalming suite where the undertaker, in a spectacularly ill-judged moment, shows her a special trick with disastrous consequences.

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Cast
  • The undertaker

    Rhys Ifans
  • Body

    Steve Hunt
  • Young woman

    Natalie Press
  • Widow

    Tessa Peake-Jones
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BBC Films and BBC Drama

Selected By

London Film Festival

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