PAPI CHULO

By John BUTLER

TWELVE OAKS PICTURES - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, SPAIN

Comedy - Completed 2018


Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2018
Special Presentations
BFI London FF 2018
Love
    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Comedy
    • Countries
    • USA, IRELAND
    • Duration
    • 98 mn
    • Director(s)
    • John BUTLER
    • 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.