Mister Universo

{{Short description|2016 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Mister Universo

| image = Mister Universo poster.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Tizza Covi
Rainer Frimmel

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| writer = Tizza Covi

| starring = Tairo Caroli

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| released = {{Film date|2016|8|6|Locarno|df=yes}}

| runtime = 90 minutes

| country = Austria
Italy

| language = Italian

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Mister Universo is a 2016 Austrian-Italian drama film directed by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel.{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/mister-universo-locarno-review-919440 |title='Mister Universo': Locarno Review |accessdate=23 August 2016 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}} It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/toronto/toronto-unveils-city-to-city-world-cinema-masters-line-ups/5108484.article |title=Toronto unveils City To City, World Cinema, Masters line-ups |accessdate=22 August 2016 |work=ScreenDaily}} It was also screened at the 2016 Locarno Festival[https://www.locarnofestival.ch/pardo/pardo-live/today-at-festival/2016/day-4/ci-mr-universo.html Locarno Festival. Mr Universo]. Retrieved 27 December 2019 and the 2016 Vienna International Film Festival where it won an award.

The film shows the everyday life of the slowly disappearing world of the circus with a cast of amateur actors. The winner of the 1957 Mr Universe competition, Arthur Robin, played himself in the film, as did a number of other members of the cast.[https://www.viennale.at/de/film/mister-universo-omdu Viennale. Mister Universo (OMDU)]. Retrieved 26 December 2019