Country: Ireland
Year: 2018
Duration: 98'
Sean, a single TV weatherman living in Los Angeles, is put on gardening leave from work and he quickly realizes that solitude doesn’t exactly suit him. Driving past a hardware store, he spies Ernesto, a middle-aged Latino migrant with a friendly face, and hires him to do some home repairs. Soon, despite the language barrier, the two men develop an unexpected but profound friendship based on the everlasting need for connection.
Biography
film director
John Butler
John Butler (Dublin, Ireland, 1972), director and writer, directed commercials and documentaries before collaborating with Rory Bresnihan on the short George, which was nominated for the Irish Film and Television Awards in 2005. He won this award in 2011 for directing the TV series Your Bad Self. That same year the publishing house Picador published his debut novel The Tenderloin, nominated for the Irish Book Awards; as well he used to write a weekly column for “The Irish Times.” The Stag (2013), his first feature film, was presented at Torino Film Festival in the section Festa Mobile. Papi Chulo is his third feature-length fiction film.
FILMOGRAFIA
The Million Dollar Deal (doc., tv, 1999), George (coregia/codirector Rory Bresnihan, cm, 2005), The Ballad of Kid Kanturk (cm, 2009), Your Bad Self (serie tv/tv series, ep. 1-6, 2010), Immaturity for Charity (tv, 2012), The Stag (The Stag - Addio al celibato, 2013), Handsome Devil (2016), Papi Chulo (2018).
Declaration
film director
“I’ve wanted to make a film set in L.A. for as long as I’ve wanted to be a film
maker - which is a very long time. Having moved there right after college, I
came of age living in California, and as an outsider, the peculiar contours of
life there have always fascinated me.”
Cast
& Credits
regia, sceneggiatura/director, screenplay
John Butler
fotografia/cinematography
Cathal Watters
montaggio/film editing
John O’Connor
costumi/costume design
Joanna David
scenografia/production design
Susannah Honey
musica/music
John McPhillips
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Matt Bomer (Sean), Alejandro Patiño (Ernesto), Elena Campbell-Martinez (Linda)
Wendi McLendon-Covey (Ash), Michael Shepperd (Stan), Tommie Earl Jenkins (Tom), Shaughn Buchholz (Mike)
produttori/producers
Rebecca O’Flanagan, Robert Walpole
produzione/production
A Treasure Entertainment Production
distribuzione/distribution
Bankside Films
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contatti/contacts
Bankside Films
films@bankside-films.com
www.bankside-films.com
John Butler
fotografia/cinematography
Cathal Watters
montaggio/film editing
John O’Connor
costumi/costume design
Joanna David
scenografia/production design
Susannah Honey
musica/music
John McPhillips
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Matt Bomer (Sean), Alejandro Patiño (Ernesto), Elena Campbell-Martinez (Linda)
Wendi McLendon-Covey (Ash), Michael Shepperd (Stan), Tommie Earl Jenkins (Tom), Shaughn Buchholz (Mike)
produttori/producers
Rebecca O’Flanagan, Robert Walpole
produzione/production
A Treasure Entertainment Production
distribuzione/distribution
Bankside Films
**
contatti/contacts
Bankside Films
films@bankside-films.com
www.bankside-films.com
