Papi Chulo
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From the team that brought you CARGO, BIG GAME and FREEHELD comes "A WARM-HEARTED TALE OF EMOTIONAL HEALING THROUGH AN UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIP" (The Hollywood Reporter). 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.
Starring Matt Bomer, Alejandro Patiño, Elena Campbell-Martinez
Director John Butler