HIPPO Movie Trailer HD - Plot synopsis: Examines the coming-of-age of two step-siblings: Hippo, a video-game addicted teenager and Buttercup, a Hungarian Catholic immigrant with a love of classical music & Jesus.
Like the Ancient Greek Aphrodite, Buttercup's love is unrequited by a brother who prefers to indulge the art of war and chaos.
The result is a hormone-fueled, tragicomic waking nightmare that must be seen to be believed.
Hippo is directed by indie filmmaker Mark H.
Rapaport, making his featrue directorial debut after a few shorts; he also founded the company Kinematics.
The script is by Mark H.
Rapaport & Kimball Farley.