Pepe

Pepe (2024)

A voice that claims to be from a hippopotamus. A voice that doesn’t understand the perception of time. Pepe, the first and last hippo killed in the Americas, tells his story with the overwhelming orality of these towns.

Date of release
2024-07-18
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (11)
Runtime
2h 2m
Genres
Drama
Director
Nelson Carlos de los Santos Arias

Casting

Interesting facts

Pepe is a 2024 drama film written, co-produced, co-edited and directed by Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias. The film starring Jhon Narváez and Sor María Ríos, is voice of Pepe, the first and last hippo killed in the Americas, who appears as ghost and recounts his story with the powerful oral tradition of these communities.

Production

Pepe, is a hippopotamus who was shifted from his homeland in Africa to Colombia to reside in the private zoo of drug lord Pablo Escobar. The story is 'narrated' by the animal. Carlo Chatrian artistic director of the Berlinale, categoried the film directed by Dominican Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias, as "the film featured a blend of genres and styles, making it the most “unclassifiable” film in the selection."

The film is supported by World Cinema Fund, which was launched in 2004 on the initiative of the Federal Cultural Foundation and the Berlinale, and is one of twelve films invited to Berlinale.

The film was shot in locations in Namibia and Colombia.

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