The Pope’s Toilet

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The Pope’s Toilet is a 2007 Uruguayan film that blends drama and dark humor to depict a poor border town’s misguided preparations for a papal visit.

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instanceOf Uruguayan film
comedy-drama film
drama film
film
award Best Screenplay at Guadalajara International Film Festival
Golden Colon Award at Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy César Charlone NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Uruguay NERFINISHED
countryOfProduction Brazil NERFINISHED
France NERFINISHED
Uruguay NERFINISHED
depicts informal cross-border trade
preparations for a papal visit
director César Charlone NERFINISHED
Enrique Fernández NERFINISHED
distribution Film Movement NERFINISHED
festivalScreening Cannes Film Festival (Un Certain Regard) 2007 NERFINISHED
genre black comedy
drama
social realism
hasSubgenre tragicomedy
mainCharacter Beto NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus a family’s hopes for economic salvation from a papal visit
notableFor blend of drama and dark humor depicting a poor border town’s preparations for a papal visit
originalLanguage Spanish
originalTitle El baño del Papa NERFINISHED
plotSummary A poor smuggler in a Uruguayan border town prepares a toilet to charge pilgrims during a papal visit, hoping to escape poverty.
portrays life in a small Uruguayan border town
productionCompany Laroux Cine NERFINISHED
protagonistOccupation smuggler
publicationDate 2007
releaseYear 2007
runtime approximately 90 minutes
screenplayBy César Charlone NERFINISHED
Enrique Fernández NERFINISHED
setting border town between Uruguay and Brazil
theme border-town economy
economic inequality
false expectations
impact of religion on everyday life
poverty
title The Pope’s Toilet NERFINISHED
writer César Charlone NERFINISHED
Enrique Fernández NERFINISHED

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