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Watch: El baño del Papa 2007 123movies, Full Movie Online – In Melo, a poor Uruguayan country village near the Brazilian border, several men earn their living from contraband, mostly transported on bicycles. One of them, Beto, is getting too old for heavy freights but hopes to earn a motorbike. The idea is to build and charge money for the use of a proper lavatory at the occasion of the first-ever papal visit to Uruguay, as His Holiness is expected to pass trough Melo where he may be cheered by hordes of Catholic Brazilians..
Plot: A small South American village is in a flurry over the Pope’s 1988 visit.
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Ratings:

	7.2/10 Votes: 2,798
	88% | RottenTomatoes
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	N/A Votes: 40 Popularity: 2.342 | TMDB

Reviews:

Not great, but very watchable and enjoyable.
This was one of the main films I wanted to see this year at the Toronto Film Festival due to the rave reviews on this site. I am glad I did but in my estimation did not deserve a 9 or 10 rating.

It’s 1988 and a small very poor Uruguayan town is in a papal frenzy, Pope John Paul II is coming! The citizens are concerned with what will be needed to accommodate over 50,000+ visitors and be pleasing to his holiness. Food and drink is on most of their minds, but Beto, has the after effects fully in his mind but just needs the money to build a toilet without going into debt like most of the other villagers.

One of the main theme which runs through this movie is that most of the village men are smugglers, that is their lively hood. The border between Uruguay and Brazil is right there, supplies are available in Brazil which are not in Uruguay. There is also a cat and mouse game with the head honcho of the border patrol who also wants his cut along with everyone else.

I think the story could have moved a lot faster in the first 40 minutes but they were getting us acquainted to the characters, village and how things work (smuggling) in their neck of the woods so to speak. The use of the hand held cameras was awkward at times (assuming this due to the jumpiness) but sort of reminiscent of how the TV series “Homicide: Life on the Street” was filmed. This movie was very well done, you bond with the characters fairly fast. Very few of the principal actors were real professionals, many were villagers of the area they were filming in. I doubt this film will be in my top pick of this years films, BUT, it did have a very charming quality, beautiful scenery and totally worth seeing.

Brilliant !!!
Melo is like this. The film shows the reality of this area of the country where very poor people have to do their best in order to survive. It is the reality of most of our peoples in Latin America. Their dreams and their daily struggle against poverty and frustration. The Pope’s visit is a very good way to show what these people do every day to live a “decent” life. The direction, the actors, the natural scenery. everything is in its right place and all of us left the theater with the feeling that life is so and nobody can do anything to change the way thing are for them. Just one word to define it: Excellent.

Other Information:

Original Language es
Runtime 1 hr 30 min (90 min), 1 hr 37 min (97 min) (Toronto International) (Canada)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated TV-MA
Genre Comedy, Drama
Director César Charlone, Enrique Fernández
Writer César Charlone, Enrique Fernández
Actors César Troncoso, Virginia Méndez, Mario Silva
Country Uruguay, Brazil, France
Awards 12 wins & 9 nominations
Production Company N/A
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Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
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Printed Film Format 35 mm