The Pope's Toilet @ The Hipp Cinema Feb 13 - 19

The Pope's Toilet
(aka Baño del Papa, El)

February 13th - February 19th

International Jury Award, São Paulo International Film Festival
Award, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Critics Prize, Gramado Film Festival

"It’s charming in a proper way, entirely avoiding sentiment and can be counted one of the best films in town." — This is London

"Overall an emotionally rich and tender film, beautifully played, with heart and head in massive abundance." — Time Out

Pope's Toilet is the most prominent Uruguayan film since 2004's Whisky. A moving story that blends the sacred and profane. It’s 1988, and papal fever has gripped the Uruguayan border town of Melo. Speculation is rife that over fifty thousand Brazilians will cross into Melo for John Paul II’s highly anticipated visit. The inhabitants of this impoverished small community believe that his visit will spell both their spiritual and material salvation, as the faithful will be sure to buy all the chorizo sausages and cakes that the townspeople can produce. Beto has another idea. Rather than hawk food and drink, he will build a public washroom so that all those full stomachs can have a place to relieve themselves. Unfortunately, this scheme requires money. His scheme takes flight with help from his friend and neighbour Valvulina – but not without Beto making a deal with patrol officer Meleyo, who has historically thwarted Beto and his friends’ efforts to smuggle goods from Brazil into Uruguay. 2008/ 90mins/ Spanish/ NR
[Watch the trailer]

Showtimes

Fri (2/13):
7:00 & 8:45pm

Sat (2/14):
4:30, 7:00 & 8:45pm

Sun (2/15):
2:30, 4:30, 7:00 & 12:30pm

Wed (2/18):
4:30, 7:00 & 8:45pm

Thu (2/19):
7:00 & 8:45pm