El Bano del Papa DVD
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Film Details
Directed by Cesar Charlone, Enrique Fernandez
Produced in 2007
Main Language - Spanish with English subtitles
Countries & Regions - European Film, South American Film
Cast
Cesar Troncoso, Virginia Mendez, Mario Silva, Virginia Ruiz, Nelson Lence, Henry De Leon
Genres
Contemporary Comedy • Contemporary Drama • European Film • South American Film • Comedy Drama
MovieMail's Review
This sweet and evocatively titled Uruguayan comedy is keen-eyed and unsentimental.
Almost certainly one of the sweetest films youre likely to see this year, this charming but also keen-eyed and unsentimental Uruguayan comedy tells the story of the twinkle-eyed but luckless Beto, a man who scrapes a living by smuggling goods across the Brazilian border on his bicycle. However, when Pope Juan Pablo II decides to come to his small Uruguayan border town, he along with the rest of the villagers decides it is his one chance to cash in on the flurry of activity that the visit prompts. Inspired by everyone elses idea to sell food to the expected hordes, Betos grand plan is to build a toilet outside his house for paying customers (half or full service), but to do so he first has to deal with the corrupt border patrol.
With its air of a modern-day morality tale, in which the pomp and platitudes of the church are contrasted with the realities of life at the sharp end of poverty and debt, this is a heartbreaking, beautifully played, bittersweet comedy about honesty, friendship and family ties. Not coming to the Vaticans top 10 anytime soon!
Film Description
Set in rural Uruguay in the late 1980s, this deadpan morality tale from director Cesar Charlone shows how an impending visit from the Pope to the small town of Melo stirs up a flurry of activity among the town's poorest residents, all of whom hope to grab this one opportunity to make their fortune by catering to the needs of the flood of pilgrims expected to arrive in the town for the Pope's visit. Beto (Cesar Troncoso), whose meagre livelihood has hitherto depended solely on his battered old bicycle, hits upon the idea of a paying toilet as the best guarantee of striking it rich - and proceeds to wheel and deal his way into paying for it with all the family's hard-earned savings.
DVD Details
Certificate: 15
Publisher: Soda Pictures
Length: 90 mins
Region: 2
Cat No: SODA062
Format: DVD Colour
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