Copa 181
Feature Film
at
Guild Cinema
All Associated Events
October 11 - 20, 2019
October 11 - 20, 2019
October 11 - 20, 2019
October 11 - 20, 2019
October 11, 2019 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
October 11, 2019 9:30 pm - 11:00 pm
October 12, 2019 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
October 12, 2019 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
October 12, 2019 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
October 12, 2019 6:45 pm - 8:15 pm
October 12, 2019 9:15 pm - 10:45 pm
October 13, 2019 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
October 13, 2019 2:45 pm - 4:15 pm
October 13, 2019 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
October 13, 2019 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
October 14, 2019 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
October 14, 2019 8:45 pm - 10:15 pm
October 15, 2019 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
October 15, 2019 9:00 pm - 10:30 pm
October 16, 2019 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
October 16, 2019 8:45 pm - 10:15 pm
October 17, 2019 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
October 17, 2019 9:15 pm - 10:45 pm
October 18, 2019 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
October 18, 2019 8:15 pm - 9:45 pm
October 19, 2019 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
October 19, 2019 3:15 pm - 4:45 pm
October 19, 2019 5:15 pm - 6:45 pm
October 19, 2019 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
October 20, 2019 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
October 20, 2019 2:15 pm - 3:45 pm
October 20, 2019 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
October 20, 2019 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Copa 181, a gay sauna not unlike the legendary Continental Baths, is the meeting place for a ragtag group of strangers looking for anonymous sex and perhaps a friendly smile in this supremely human story. Liberated and free to act as they please, everyone at the bathhouse falls under the dual spells of sex and escape from mundane reality.
On any given day at Copa 181, tucked in a corner of the Copacabana neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, expect to find Taná, a hardware shopkeeper and occasionally his wife Eros, a powerful opera singer struggling to master her performance of a new score. Among the others at the bathhouse is Kika, a trans singer and entertainer who is attempting to escape a violent relationship with a gigolo who also works at the baths. The film slowly chronicles Taná, Kika, and Eros as they attempt to find happiness, underscoring the message that family is where you find it.
