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Hippo follows the coming-of-age of two half-siblings: Hippo, a video game addicted teenager, and Buttercup, a Hungarian Catholic immigrant with a love of classical music and Jesus. Like the ancient Greek Aphrodite, Buttercup’s love is unrequited by her brother, who prefers to indulge in the arts of war and chaos. The result is a hormone-fueled, tragicomic waking nightmare that has to be seen to be believed.
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