El Baño del Papa (2007)
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Duration: 97 minuten
Alternative title: The Pope's Toilet
Country:
Uruguay / Brazil / France
Directed by: César Charlone and Enrique Fernández
Stars: César Troncoso, Virginia Méndez and Virginia Ruiz
IMDb score:
7,2 (2.975)
Releasedate: 21 May 2007
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
El Baño del Papa plot
1988. The inhabitants of the small town of Melo get quite excited when they hear that John Paul II will begin his visit to Uruguay with them. According to the media, more than 50,000 people are expected, which means 50,000 pilgrims who will need food and drink, paper flags, souvenirs and commemorative medals. The poor inhabitants of the town are brimming with enthusiasm; they hope not only for heavenly blessings, but above all for a share of the material yields. Beto, a small smuggler who scrapes his income by organizing bike rides to the border with Brazil, has a bright idea: he will build a toilet in front of his house and rent it out to the pilgrims.
Actors and actresses
Beto
Carmen
Silvia
Valvulina
Nacente
Tica
Teresa
Meleyo
Tartamudo
Reviews & comments
BBarbie
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- 12893 messages
- 7675 votes
Funny and at the same time deeply sad story about the impact on the poor, local population of the papal visit to Uruguay in 1988. The settings and the natural-looking acting make for an impressive whole.
The humorous way of telling cannot hide the fact that the film is in fact an indictment of the disinterest of the (church) authorities for the poverty and misery of gullible people at the bottom of society and against the dubious role of the media. So what else is new...?
Translated from Dutch · View original
Movsin
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- 8286 messages
- 8433 votes
Very good film images in this entertaining film that actually comes to the conclusion that even the Pope, in that part of the world where poverty is very great and the church father has the largest following, he too is incapable of providing the population with a better life.
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Fisico
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- 10039 messages
- 5398 votes
I don't know how the current Argentinean pope is paying attention to the Latin American poor farmers, but in 1988 it was apparently not that big with JP II. Actually a rather depressing story - embellished with some lightness and happy note - of the local population. Nice as well those smuggling routes that were often done by bike.
Sympathetic and nice to have picked up. But it just meanders along. And that will not be different with me. A film that I will quickly forget. And the farmer ploughed on. Still just a little too little impact to really grab me.
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