"MoMA Presents: The Pope's Toilet" Film Program
The Museum of Modern Art
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It is 1988 in the impoverished town of Melo, Uruguay, and Pope John Paul II is about to pay a visit. Expecting hordes of Brazilian visitors from across the nearby border, the townspeople anticipate a material, if not spiritual, windfall. But while everyone else plans to set up stalls for food and drink, one enterprising smuggler decides that a public pay toilet is a can't-miss scheme. Enlisting the help of his neighbor and using money that his wife had set aside for their daughter's education, he sets his plan in motion—but a series of obstacles puts his marriage and friendships to the test. "The Pope's Toilet" is the bittersweet debut feature of Enrique Fernández, a writer born in Melo, and César Charlone, the Uruguayan cinematographer of "City of God" and "The Constant Gardener."
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Schedule
from April 08, 2009 to April 13, 2009
Film screens once or twice a day, please refer to MoMA site for details.