She wants to stuff him. He wants to be remembered. Somehow it's love.
Araminta, a brooding taxidermist whose secret ambition is to stuff a human specimen, meets Bernie, a lonely man so afraid of being forgotten that he volunteers himself, their pact unexpectedly evolves into a haunting romance.
Acting
Comer and Melling's devastating, tender chemistry
Direction
Rhys balances grotesque beauty with genuine ache
Cinematography
Claustrophobic intimacy, skin-crawling elegance
Director
Theo Rhys
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film interrogates the Victorian taxidermy craze as metaphor for possessive love — wanting someone fully, permanently, lifelessly.
Comer reportedly learned basic taxidermy techniques and found the physicality 'strangely intimate, like holding someone's breath.'
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