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EL BANO DEL PAPA

Un Certain Regard
Directed by :
César CHARLONE, ABC Enrique FERNANDEZ 
Country:
URUGUAY, BRAZIL, FRANCE
Year:
2007
Duration:
97.00 minutes

Synopsis

1988. The announcement of the Pope’s visit has the inhabitants of Melo particularly agitated: it is in their small town that Pope John Paul the II will begin his tour of Uruguay. More than 50,000 people are expected to attend. The more humble residents think this visit will be miraculous- not only for their families, but also their pocketbooks. Everyone has the same idea: to sell sandwiches and drinks to the crowds coming to welcome the Pope. Beto, a small time smuggler who scrapes a living from his trips by bicycle to the Brazilian border, decides to build a toilet in front of his house and rent it out to the visitors. Naïve and full of hope, Beto dreams of buying a motorcycle; his daughter, Silvia, aspires to pursue studies in the capital. The Pope arrives.

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Production

LAROUX CINE - 2886 BELGRANO 2886 CP 11600 Montevideo URUGUAY - 11600 MONTEVIDEO - URUGUAY - T : +598 2 487 24 77 - sandino@larouxcine.com - www.larouxcine.com 02 FILMES (BRESIL) CHAYA FILMS (FRANCE)

Distribution

PIERRE GRISE DISTRIBUTION - T : +33 (0)1 45 44 20 45 - dominique@pierregrise.com

French press

DOMINIQUE WELINSKI - dominique@pierregrise.com

Foreign sales

BAVARIA FILM INTERNATIONAL - T : +49 89 6499 2686 - cannes07@bfint.de - www.bavaria-film-international.com

The Official Selection 2007

Un Certain Regard