Baño del Papa, El (2007)

Directors:

César Charlone
Enrique Fernández

Writers:

César Charlone (writer)
Enrique Fernández (writer)

Release Date:

3 January 2008 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A small South American village is in a flurry over the Pope's 1988 visit. |

Plot Keywords:

Border Crossing | Pope John Paul II | Pope | Toilet | Uruguay

Awards:

10 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

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

Directed by
César Charlone
Enrique Fernández

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
César Charlone		writer
Enrique Fernández		writer

Produced by
Andrea Barata Ribeiro	....	producer
Bel Berlinck	....	producer
Claudia Büschel	....	executive producer
Serge Catoire	....	producer
Fernando Meirelles	....	producer
Elena Roux	....	producer
Sandino Saravia Vinay	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Gabriel Casacuberta
Luciano Supervielle

Cinematography by
César Charlone

Film Editing by
Gustavo Giani

Casting by
Bruno Aldecosea

Production Design by
Inés Olmedo

Art Direction by
Inés Olmedo

Set Decoration by
Omar Alaniz
Daniel Fernandez
Diego Mendez

Costume Design by
Alejandra Rosasco

Makeup Department
Claudia González	....	key makeup artist
Estela Vallegra	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Sergio De León	....	unit production manager
Diego Ferrando Mazzotti	....	assistant production manager
Mirtha Molina	....	production manager
Gustavo Ribeiro	....	post-production manager
Carlos Vecchi	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Pedro Barcia	....	second second assistant director
Paulina Portela	....	third assistant director
Aldo Romero	....	first assistant director
Santiago Turell	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Rodrigo Borda	....	assistant art director
Daniel Fernandez	....	props
Mariana Pereyra	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Pablo Benedetto	....	boom operator
Daniel Márquez	....	sound director
Nicolás Scaduto	....	foley editor

Visual Effects by
Marcelo Ferreira PeeJay	....	digital effects artist
Robson Sartori	....	visual effects coordinator
Karina Vanes	....	post-production coordinator
Andre Waller	....	visual effects supervisor
Mariana Zdravca	....	post production coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Javier Alonso	....	electrician
Jose Alonso	....	gaffer
Pablo Luzardo	....	electrician
Quico Márquez	....	second assistant camera
Analia Pollio	....	first assistant camera

Casting Department
Santiago Turell	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ana Dominguez	....	wardrobe assistant
Adriana Levin	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Alex Ferreira Barreiro	....	assistant editor
Mauricio Osaki	....	assistant editor
Sergio Pasqualino	....	colorist

Transportation Department
Sonia Acosta	....	transportation

Production Companies

• Chaya Films
• Laroux-Ciné
• O2 Filmes

Distributors

• Cinemien (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Film Movement (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• trigon-film (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• trigon-film (2008) (Switzerland) (DVD) (special edition)

Also Known As:

Banheiro do Papa, O (Brazil) (festival title)
The Pope's Toilet (Canada: English title)
Toilettes du pape, Les (France)

Runtime:

90 min | Canada:97 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

Uruguay | Brazil | France

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

South Korea:12 | Argentina:Atp | Taiwan:GP

Filming Locations:

Acegua, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Company:

Chaya Films

Trivia:

Uruguay's Official Submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008).

It deserves to be seen... but open your mind first.

If you are looking for effects, heroes and such, don't watch it. If you watch movies as a thread of facts, or scenes, you'll never understand a movie like this. But if you open your mind enough to understand what poverty does to the characters; their broken dreams, their lack of material goods, their lack of education, food, etc., and read carefully each one of the subtle (and not so subtle sometimes) messages about honesty, friendship and family values, and how strong those values can be, you'll find you are watching a little jewel; surprisingly, non-pro actors almost outperform pro actors, thus making a very fresh and simple film, very natural. A message goes to church: it seems church doesn't care about poor people but only when is good marketing; feeding kids in poor countries (just an example, not related with the film) may be of great impact, but getting involved with problems and faith of people seems not to be important at all. That doesn't means stop feeding kids; that means not making a display of richness each time a country is visited, cause seems that the church laughs at people's poverty and suffering. I guess that's why so many of us in Uruguay believe in god, but doesn't trust the church as an institution anymore. Press credibility is at stake too. My personal opinion from now on: the message is clear.. the flame of values is still alive. Don't let it die, cause only values will keep us alive as big family.