Orozco the Embalmer (2001)

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Avg Rating: 4.5 / 5. Voted: 204

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AKA: Orozco el Embalsamador
Directed by: Kiyotaka Tsurisaki
Starring: Froilan Orozco (Himself)
Country: Japan, Colombia, Asian Cinema, South American Cinema
Language: Spanish (Eng Subs)
Runtime: 01:32:02
Genres: Gore-Gruesome-Splatter, Based on a True Story, Misery-Depressing, Medical

Plot – Spoilers:
Set in a derelict town of Bogota, Colombia, Orozco the Embalmer is a documentary that follows an experienced embalmer Froilan Orozco and his fellowmen as they deal with the almost daily influx of accident and murder victims. The process of making a dead body presentable to family members is unflinchingly captured and what makes it a hard hitting work is the depressing shadow of the townsfolk who live their lives around the bodies constantly littering their streets.

It also provides a perhaps shocking insight into how resilient a dead body can be to crude, rude handling by rusty, seemingly inappropriate implements. And yet how effective and efficient these scrap tools can be in the hands of skilled and experienced men.

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gfygkhjhkghjgkhjgkj
gfygkhjhkghjgkhjgkj
November 15, 2023 9:19 pm

The picture is so grainy I cant make out anything. Completely unwatchable.

nutcracker joe
nutcracker joe
Reply to  gfygkhjhkghjgkhjgkj
November 25, 2023 8:09 pm

You wanna try the autopsy at home?

gfygkhjhkghjgkhjgkj
gfygkhjhkghjgkhjgkj
Reply to  nutcracker joe
November 29, 2023 9:53 pm

You like nuts? Sucking them dry?

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NlGGERSLAYER
Reply to  gfygkhjhkghjgkhjgkj
December 2, 2023 1:08 am

That’s gay, dude. You’re gay.

ok
ok
October 28, 2023 7:42 pm

this is really good study material as an embalmer in training. not exactly what i’m looking to do when i’m here to unwind and relax, but oh well

Howard Hughes
Howard Hughes
July 24, 2023 9:56 pm

That is a very crude form of embalming but it’s all he has to work with, they’re so poor down there they can’t afford formalin or cavity fluid, even methanol works as a preservative but it’s just too expensive.

daverenick
daverenick
July 17, 2023 11:21 pm

Amazing movie. If this one doesn’t put some thoughts in your head you’re probably ready for Orozco. In a place like the Bogota of this film it seems like the most compassion a person is treated with is when they become a corpse. Orozco comes across as a dedicated and excellent sort of man, wise and uncomplaining, in an unbelievable sort of place. It makes it seem like if you have anything besides your internal organs, you’re wealthy and spoiled. Great documentary.

Daniel
Daniel
May 14, 2023 6:45 am

Nice movie i live close to colombia and this reflects latin America most dangerous and poor, filled with drugs cities, and the crude reality that they face and were facing during those years, it gets you like a journey to the dangerous and realistic without being there risking yourself, it’s disturbing in all senses, but shows life at it is, beautiful but ephemeral

Bill
Bill
August 20, 2022 2:27 am

Fuck this shitty site keeps getting worse every time I come back CAN YOU PLEASE MAKE IT WORK!!!! I CANT FIND THESE MOVIES ELSEWHERE!!!11

muffles
muffles
Reply to  Bill
August 20, 2022 6:05 am

I have had no problems with any of the films I watch on here. Many can actually be found elsewhere. I suggest the problem is on your side. Maybe your IP provider has this site on its list for reduced bandwidth.
I do know one thing. If you asked for help from the admin and gave them more detail than just .fuck this shitty site. they would probably help you. In fact you could probably spunk up in their faces wilst shitting on their carpet and they would still want to help.
The devil is in the detail. So feed the devil.

Old Mother Hubbard
Old Mother Hubbard
Reply to  Bill
February 24, 2023 3:13 am

At this moment in time there are 798 films on this site. I have watched at least 400 of them and have never had a problem.

gfygkhjhkghjgkhjgkj
gfygkhjhkghjgkhjgkj
Reply to  Bill
November 15, 2023 9:24 pm

White noise has better clarity than this crap. Totally unwatchable.

frankie
frankie
June 2, 2022 4:16 pm

that was macabre but beautiful. definitely not your average mondo movie, it is so plain yet effective. makes you think about your life and death. the only thing disturbed me about it was how everyone normalised violence and dead bodies on the streets. a violent death is just a casual part of their lives.

also does anyone know the names of the songs used?

the opening scene song is mirame by bobby cruz and ricardo ray, but Idk about the other two songs. one plays in the scene when police are looking for drugs and the other one plays during children take a look at the dead body of a woman.

Daniel
Daniel
Reply to  frankie
May 14, 2023 6:42 am

Yes kind of reminds Latin american dangerous cities filled with poverty or drugs setups, im from there, these are the places that are almost forbidden or too dangerous to go if you live in a nearby city and want to go there you will be warned you could easily get robbed or killed and i won’t be a mass scandal

E666
E666
May 20, 2022 3:49 am

i really really enjoyed watching this. thank you for the upload

nothingness
nothingness
May 4, 2022 8:37 pm

im trying to find disturbing movies and someone said this is but i hav to say this is boring please can someone give me name of something very disturbing cause i wanna feel that feeling again
and i have watched so much stuff that nothing makes me disturbing anyomore so please say name of most disturbing video or movie ever it can be anything

A man
A man
Reply to  nothingness
May 5, 2022 2:39 am

First we need to know what “disturbing” is for you. Tell me.

nothingness
nothingness
Reply to  A man
May 5, 2022 2:43 am

you

A man
A man
Reply to  nothingness
May 5, 2022 8:45 am

Look! Just because I like to spread Greek yogurt in my anus so my poodle can lick it for hours and hours whilst I fondle my micro penis doesn’t make me disturbing!!!

An_Oldboy
An_Oldboy
March 4, 2022 1:17 pm

EUM Holiday tours proudly present Bogota, Columbia, a unique holiday destination you will never forget. This documentary shows life in a derelict town and the work of two embalmers. It is interesting for both aspects, and the ending is also very unexpected. A ‘raw’ documentary that is well worth a watch. 4/5 belts

Alice
Alice
March 2, 2022 1:13 am

I can smell the corpses through the screen. Hypothetically, I wonder if the pain at the morgue is simultaneously being experienced by the consciousness in parallel dimensions with different realities & time weaved for the ex-owners of the vessels. The bleakness of this part of the world makes me think that creation is unnecessary, senseless and evil and how people treat each other is merely reflecting how they’ve been programmed to be… their carbon based bodies imprison the metaphysical energy to this animalistic world of vanity where they have to compete, subvert even kill for the survival of the imprisoning & limiting bodies that will eventually rot. At least, Death sets them free until they are tricked to come back to this simulation…Maybe there’s no Soul, just consequences of the evolution and pointless nothings, and both Life & Death are equally tragic.

Dude...
Dude...
Reply to  Alice
March 2, 2022 11:14 pm

take your meds

Alice
Alice
Reply to  Dude...
March 4, 2022 11:06 am

That was predictable of you. Well, if being “healthy, normal & intelligent” is to be close-minded and hostile, then I would rather be labeled as “crazy & stupid” cos I really don’t see myself through other people’s mental illnesses . The end. ????

Dude...
Dude...
Reply to  Alice
March 28, 2022 11:52 am

shut up and take your meds

Ceafall
Ceafall
January 25, 2022 12:35 am

Wow, I’ve really enjoyed this one. Makes me wonder if I should try embalming as a job. I’ll probably enjoy it except the formalin used there.

Julius Casablanca
Julius Casablanca
January 7, 2022 1:30 pm

Japan + Colombia = Retarded productions;

Vic
Vic
November 20, 2021 11:49 pm

Gruesome but the scariest part for me was the town of Bogota, Columbia. What a frightening place. Orozco wasn’t delicate with the corpses and the job doesn’t call for that but the other embalmer was really rough with the woman corpse. I think he was playing it up for the camera. Good documentary. Sad ending.

gfygkhjhkghjgkhjgkj
gfygkhjhkghjgkhjgkj
Reply to  Vic
November 15, 2023 9:26 pm

Venezuelans are dying to go to Colombia. Its paradise for them.

Alex Hogendorp
Alex Hogendorp
September 19, 2021 5:37 am

That is some serious dedication. A job like this requires such a strong stomach.

Annihilist
Annihilist
September 11, 2021 9:05 pm

Thanks for the share! Been looking for this.

iceman Jones phd
iceman Jones phd
July 23, 2021 10:10 am

Fascinating and beautiful documentary. The soundtrack was eclectic but sometimes it was jarring and unnecessary. I get setting atmosphere with the shots of the surrounding area and people but it dragged on from the whole reason this film was interesting. Honestly the most unsettling thing for me was the fact that he wasn’t embalmed and had no grave. It was an honor to watch the final care of a humans life in the care of those that have grace and skill.

cumguy fuckmaster
cumguy fuckmaster
July 18, 2021 6:47 am

only retarded queers would like this dribble

Annihilist
Annihilist
Reply to  cumguy fuckmaster
September 11, 2021 9:06 pm

So you loved it?

lilrule3468
lilrule3468
Reply to  cumguy fuckmaster
May 23, 2022 4:28 pm

Given your name, I’m guessing you are part of said retarded queers?

Jackson
Jackson
Reply to  cumguy fuckmaster
October 12, 2022 3:04 am

Woah my guy, chill it with the profanity!

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Suck me
Reply to  cumguy fuckmaster
October 12, 2022 5:26 am

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Thesaurus Cunt
Thesaurus Cunt
Reply to  cumguy fuckmaster
February 3, 2023 6:58 am

Nice self assessment.

damn
damn
July 9, 2021 11:05 pm

Really cool watch. This one had a hell of an atmosphere to it

pump cannon
pump cannon
June 26, 2021 12:07 am

The ‘best parts’ are on a shockumentary… I can’t remember which. The 90’s are a haze at the best of times.

Neverborn
Neverborn
June 10, 2021 4:14 am

Death. The ultimate mystery and the reason for life. This is mind bending and life changing.

Mr.maggot
Mr.maggot
March 15, 2021 10:35 pm

What a movie.
It isn’t very well produced and the producer isn’t very good at what he does either, in fact the little things he adds are severally offputing, even more so than the imagery it self, but what it lacks in cinematographic Fidelity it makes up with its absolutely brutal rawness.

It captures its Environment with little effort as it is. No romantic depictions, no social criticism, no message.

It is simply About the job of Orozco the embalmer, or More Precisely, it seems to be about the guy with a camera standing in a little shack in a delapidated shit hole of a city, filming Orozco, as the producer does not stop himself from making absolutely strange ruderemarks, unnecessarily integrating himself into this documentary and appearing as a mere Degenerated gore curious outsider that manged to capture something so engaging by chance and nothing more.

I’m Glad he did not feel the need to add anything more to this movie besides filming his environment and music.

How something so gruesome and plain can be this beautiful to me I don’t understand. This. Movie is entirely unique and true to its self.

Wuzgucci831
Wuzgucci831
Reply to  Mr.maggot
October 9, 2021 7:03 am

Very Well Said. I could not agree more.

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名無しさんfrankrenda
March 12, 2021 1:25 am

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The Ripper
The Ripper
June 14, 2020 6:09 pm

Excellent! I would add it to the “Mondo movies” genre too! 🙂

youshotbambi
youshotbambi
April 18, 2020 9:02 pm

This is an absolutely fascinating documentary regarding embalming in Colombia. Mad how different it is done there. 10/10, worth the watch.

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Reply to  youshotbambi
October 7, 2023 1:21 am

Its also pretty wild what conditions they have to embalm under.

fishes
fishes
September 10, 2019 11:37 am

Wow much love for uploading this here, hard to find little gem. Not really all that well made but it has a gritty raw charm that is unlike anything I’ve seen so far.