01 MAY — 11 MAY 2024

01 MAY — 11 MAY 2024

Pepe

Nelson Carlos de los Santos Arias

Dominican Republic / Namibia / Germany / France

2024, 123'

Pepe, as he was nicknamed by the Colombian media, was the first and last hippopotamus to be killed in the Americas. This is how a story within a story within a story begins. The power of oral tradition is underlined in this film in which our animal-narrator leads us, ghost-like, to think about the past and the beings who died without knowing their real circumstances.

International Competition

SCREENINGS

May 24, Friday, 21:30 (123')

Culturgest, Auditorium Emílio Rui Vilar • C.708

May 27, Monday, 21:45 (123')

Cinema Ideal • C.710

INFO

PREMIERE TYPE

National

ORIGINAL TITLE

Pepe

LANGUAGE

Spanish / Afrikaans / German

SUBTITLES

Portuguese / English

SCRIPT

Nelson Carlos de los Santos Arias

CAST

Jhon Narváez, Sor María Ríos, Fareed Matjila, Harmony Ahalwa, Jorge Puntillón García, Shifafure Faustinus, Steven Alexander, Nicolás Marín Caly

PHOTOGRAPHY

Nelson Carlos de los Santos Arias, Camilo Soratti, Roman Lechapelier

SOUND

Nahuel Palenque

EDITING

Nelson Carlos de los Santos Arias

PRODUCER

Pablo Lozano, Tanya Valette, Nelson Carlos de los Santos Arias

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