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El baño del Papa
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Overview

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7.2/10   882 votes
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Release Date:
8 April 2009 (USA) more
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Plot:
A small South American village is in a flurry over the Pope's 1988 visit. | add synopsis
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11 wins & 5 nominations more
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Cannes: Un Certain Regard
 (From ioncinema. 19 April 2007)

User Comments:
Brilliant !!! more (7 total)

Cast

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César Troncoso ... Beto
Virginia Méndez ... Carmen
Mario Silva ... Valvulina
Virginia Ruiz ... Silvia
Nelson Lence ... Meleyo
Henry De Leon ... Nacente
Jose Arce ... Tica
Rosario Dos Santos ... Teresa
Hugo Blandamuro ... Tartamudo
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Les toilettes du pape (France)
O Banheiro do Papa (Brazil) (festival title)
The Pope's Toilet (Canada: English title)
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Runtime:
90 min | Canada:97 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
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Uruguay's Official Submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008). more
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Remade as The Pope Project (2010) more

FAQ

Why did the Pope select Melo?
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17 out of 29 people found the following comment useful.
Brilliant !!!, 2 October 2007
10/10
Author: hrprossi from Uruguay

Melo is like this. The film shows the reality of this area of the country where very poor people have to do their best in order to survive. It is the reality of most of our peoples in Latin America. Their dreams and their daily struggle against poverty and frustration. The Pope's visit is a very good way to show what these people do every day to live a "decent" life. The direction, the actors, the natural scenery. everything is in its right place and all of us left the theater with the feeling that life is so and nobody can do anything to change the way thing are for them. Just one word to define it: Excellent.

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