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The ‘Pope’ is Coming to the U.S.

New York’s one week theatrical release/DVD of the month club specialist have taken three steps back to pick up a Cannes film festival Uruguayan feature.

Eric Lavallée

Published on June 18, 2008

New York’s one week theatrical release/DVD of the month club specialist have taken three steps back to pick up a Cannes film festival Uruguayan feature.

Directed by Cesar Charlone and Enrique Fernandez, El Baño del Papa is set in 1988 and centers on the people of a small town who prepare to capitalize on an upcoming visit from the Pontiff. Featured in the Un Certain Regard section, it picked up the Sao Paolo International Film Festival’s International Jury Award and the Horizons Award at San Sebastian.

Film Movement plans a limited release in October followed by DVD showcase in early 2009.

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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).