| Cholo | |
| Director: | Bernardo Batievsky |
| Country: | Peru |
Cholo is a Peruvian film from 1972 directed by Bernardo Batievsky that tells the story of the Peruvian soccer player Hugo Sotil.[1]
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.[2]
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.[3] A week after its release, the director had the film removed from the billboard after receiving negative reviews.[4]
The music was in charge of the Peruvian group El Polen.
Andrea Franco Batievsky, the director's granddaughter, oversaw the restoration process of Cholo and Mirage at the UCLA Film & Television Archive.[5]