Cholo (film)
{{Infobox film
| name = Cholo
| image = Cholo film poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical poster
| director = Bernardo Batievsky
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| writer =
| starring =
| released = {{Film date|1972|05|18}}
| runtime =
| country = Peru
| language =
}}
Cholo is a Peruvian film from 1972 directed by Bernardo Batievsky that tells the story of the Peruvian soccer player Hugo Sotil.{{cite web|url=https://elcomercio.pe/luces/cine/prueba-fondo-cintas-protagonizadas-deportistas-noticia-ecpm-644219-noticia/|title=Cine: "Prueba de fondo" y otras cintas protagonizadas por deportistas|access-date=2020-10-11|last=Rodriguez Bazalar|first=Juan Diego|date=2019-06-12|website=El Comercio|language=es}}
== Synopsis ==
A young provincial painter migrates to Lima, where he finds a hostile and racist city. His soccer ability makes him reach sporting fame by traveling to several European countries.{{cite web | url = https://lamula.pe/2012/08/11/cholo-soy-sotil-en-documental-de-cine-de-lima/ceciliapodesta/| title = CHOLO SOY. Sotil in Lima film documentary | access-date = 2020-10-11 | last = Podestá | first = Cecilia | date = August 11, 2012 | website = lamula.pe | language = es}}
Production
After surviving a heart attack in the early 1970s, Batievsky began writing and later directing a film about soccer starring the successful soccer player Hugo Sotil. The film was released on May 18, 1972 in fifteen theaters in Lima.{{cite web|url=https://www.micromuseo.org.pe/videos/varia2.html|title=MICROMUSEO :: Videos en cabina|access-date=2020-10-11|website=www.micromuseo.org.pe|archive-date=2021-06-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210619142444/https://www.micromuseo.org.pe/videos/varia2.html|url-status=dead}} A week after its release, the director had the film removed from the billboard after receiving negative reviews.{{cite web|url=https://elcomercio.pe/somos/restauraran-pelicula-cholo-sotil-46-anos-despues-noticia-513735|title=Restaurarán película del 'Cholo' Sotil 46 años después|access-date=21 April 2018|date=21 April 2018|publisher=Somos|last1=García|first1=Oscar}}
The music was in charge of the Peruvian group El Polen.
=== Restoration ===
Andrea Franco Batievsky, the director's granddaughter, oversaw the restoration process of Cholo and Mirage at the UCLA Film & Television Archive.{{cite web | url = https://www.retinalatina.org/cholo-pelicula-peruana-de-1972-en-proceso-de-restauracion/| title = Cholo, a 1972 Peruvian film and its restoration process | access-date = September 12, 2018 | work = Retina Latina}}