Papi Chulo

Papi Chulo is an American-Irish comedy-drama film directed and written by John Butler, starring Matt Bomer and Alejandro Patiño. It premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. Plot Sean, a solitary and alienated television weatherman, drives past a middle-aged Hispanic migrant worker standing outside a hardware store looking for work. He decides to hire this kind-looking man, to paint his deck and for someone to talk to, in this darkly comedic reflection on class, ethnicity, and companionship in contemporary Los Angeles. Sean is young, gay and white; Ernesto, portly, straight and married. Despite having nothing in common and a language barrier, they build a sort of friendship, until Sean becomes consumed with a deeper obsessive need. Cast Matt Bomer as Sean Alejandro Patiño as Ernesto Elena Campbell-Martinez as Linda Wendi McLendon-Covey as Ash Michael Shepperd as Stan Tommie Earl Jenkins as Tom Edgar Arreola as Elisio Ryan Guzman as Rodrigo Shaughn Buchholz as Mike D'Arcy Carden as Susan Release Papi Chulo had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2018. The film also screened at BFI London Film Festival; the Torino Film Festival on November 23, 2018; the Palm Springs International Film Festival on January 6, 2019; and the Dublin International Film Festival on February 20, 2019. It then released in select theaters on June 7, 2019.