Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Papi Chulo / Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland presents ; made in association with RTÉ ; produced in association with Head Gear Films and Metrol Technology ; in association with Bankside Films ; a Treasure Entertainment production ; written and directed by John Butler ; produced by Rebecca O'Flanagan, Robert Walpole.

Publisher, Date:

Philadelphia, PA : Breaking Glass Pictures, [2019]

Description:

1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

stamping

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

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.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: R; for language.

Subjects:

Television weathercasters -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama.

Gay men -- Drama.

Immigrants -- Drama.

Migrant labor -- Drama.

Friendship -- Drama.

Loneliness -- Drama.

Genre:

Comedy films.

Dark comedy films.