Trinity Film: The Pope’s Toilet (Uruguay)
Posted by thomas-cummins on 14 Feb 2009 at 06:00 am | Tagged as: upcoming events
| Wed, Feb 18 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Northrup Hall Room 040
The Pope’s Toilet (Spanish: El Baño del Papa) is a 2007 Uruguayan film directed by César Charlone and Enrique Fernandez. Starring César Troncoso, Virginia Méndez, Mario Silva, and Virginia Ruiz.
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Plot outline
It is 1988, and Melo, a Uruguayan town on the Brazilian border, awaits the visit of Pope John Paul II. Numbers begin circulating: hundreds of people will come, no thousands say the media. To the poor townspeople this means one thing: pilgrims in need of food and drink, paper flags, souvenirs, commemorative medals. Brimming with enthusiasm, the villagers not only hope for divine blessing, but above all for a small share of material happiness. And petty smuggler Beto is certain that he’s found the best business idea of all: “The Pope’s Toilet”, where the thousands of pilgrims can find relief.
It was Uruguay’s submission to the 80th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.