The Pope's Toilet

The Pope's Toilet

"The Pope's Toilet" (Spanish: "El Baño del Papa") is a 2007 Uruguayan film directed by César Charlone and Enrique Fernandez. Starring César Troncoso, Virginia Méndez, Mario Silva, and Virginia Ruiz. Plot Outline: It is 1988, and Melo, a Uruguayan town on the Brazilian border, awaits the visit of Pope John Paul II. Numbers begin circulating: hundreds of people will come, no thousands say the media.To the poor townspeople this means one thing: pilgrims in need of food and drink, paper flags, souvenirs, commemorative medals.Brimming with enthusiasm, the villagers not only hope for divine blessing, but above all for a small share of material happiness. And petty smuggler Beto is certain that he’s found the best business idea of all: “The Pope’s Toilet”, where the thousands of pilgrims can find relief.

It was Uruguay's submission to the 80th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.cite web|url=http://oscars.movies.yahoo.com/news/iw/20071018/1355.html|title=A Record 63 Countries Vying For Best Foreign-Language Oscar Nod|publisher=Yahoo! Movies|date=2007-10-17|accessdate=2008-06-23] cite web|url=http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117979064.html?nav=news&categoryid=1982&cs=1|title=Oscar's foreign film race heats up|publisher="Variety"|author=Gaydos, Steven|coauthors=McCarthy, Libby|date=2008-01-15|accessdate=2008-06-23]

ee also

*Cinema of Uruguay
*List of submissions to the 80th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0482901|title=El Baño del Papa
* [http://uk.player.playnetworks.net/popup.php?mid=1170&version=2.0&channel_user_id=441100018-1&width=640&height=380&bgcolor=000000 trailer with English subtitles]


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