"El baño del Papa (The Pope’s toilet)" film screening at Instituto Cervantes, 48, Hanuman Road, CP > 6:30pm on 30th September 2011
Time : 6:30 pm
Event Details : "El baño del Papa (The Pope’s toilet)" film screening.
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. The well-informed speak of 50.000… The poor townspeople know what this means: 50.000 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… Let others make mountains of chorizo sausages and bake towers of cakes –he will strike it rich with human waste! But before he can build the WC, Beto rushes headlong intro trouble. He sorely tries the patience of his stoical but optimistic wife Carmen and disappoints his adolescent daughter Silvia, who dreams of a career in the media. He has to increase his risky and arduous journey across the border. And he has to bury his long-cherished dream of buying a moped. He even losses his most precious possession – his bicycle – just as he secures the keystone for his temple to waste and wealth: the toilet bowl, but he is determined to make it back in time for the divine event. (Official section of Cannes Festival and Latin Horizons’ award of San Sebastian International Film Festival 2007).
Entry : Free
Place : Instituto Cervantes, 48, Hanuman Road, Connaught Place (CP), New Delhi - 110001
Metro : Nearest Metro Station - 'Rajiv Chowk' ( Yellow Line and Blue Line )
Area : Connaught Place (CP)
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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. The well-informed speak of 50.000… The poor townspeople know what this means: 50.000 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… Let others make mountains of chorizo sausages and bake towers of cakes –he will strike it rich with human waste! But before he can build the WC, Beto rushes headlong intro trouble. He sorely tries the patience of his stoical but optimistic wife Carmen and disappoints his adolescent daughter Silvia, who dreams of a career in the media. He has to increase his risky and arduous journey across the border. And he has to bury his long-cherished dream of buying a moped. He even losses his most precious possession – his bicycle – just as he secures the keystone for his temple to waste and wealth: the toilet bowl, but he is determined to make it back in time for the divine event. (Official section of Cannes Festival and Latin Horizons’ award of San Sebastian International Film Festival 2007).
Director : Enrique Fernández y Cesar Charlone Idioma
Year : 2007
Duration : 90 min
Duration : 90 min
Language : Spanish with English subtitles
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"El baño del Papa (The Pope’s toilet)" film screening at Instituto Cervantes, 48, Hanuman Road, CP > 6:30pm on 30th September 2011
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