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PAPI CHULO
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Completed - Comedy - 98 minutes

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2018 (Debut)
  • Toronto 2018 (Premiere)
  • AFM 2018 (Line up)
  • Karlovy Vary 2019 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2018

Director(s) : John BUTLER
Cast : Matt BOMER, Alejandro PATIÑO

Synopsis

Cast adrift in Los Angeles, Sean - a lonely TV weatherman - drives past a middle-aged Latino migrant worker standing outside a hardware store looking for work. He decides to hire this kind-looking man - to be his friend. Sean is young, gay and white; Ernesto, portly, straight and married. Despite having nothing in common and the language barrier, they build a sort of friendship – until Sean becomes consumed with a deeper obsessive need.

Papi Chulo is a black comedy about loneliness and the desire to find connection across clear racial and socio-economic lines.

Production

Country(ies) : USA, IRELAND

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Festivals and Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2018 Special Presentations
BFI London FF 2018 Love


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