Pepe (2024 film)
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| Directed by | Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias |
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| Music by | Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias |
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Pepe is an upcoming colour & black/white 2024 drama film directed by Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias on his own screenplay. The film starring Jhon Narváez and Sor María Ríos, is voice of Pepe, the first and last hippo killed in the Americas.[1][2]
The film is an international co-production between Dominican Republic, Namibia, Germany, and France, and will have its world premiere at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, where it will compete for the Golden Bear.[3]
Synopsis
A young hippopotamus, known by the name of Pepe, which the Colombian media gave it, was killed in the jungle of Colombia, but returns in the form of a ghost. It is a hippo's voice, or so it says. It has no sense of time, only of a past that haunts it. "Is that noise mine? What is this thing I use to make it?" The animal is certain of one thing: it is no longer alive. It was the first and last of its kind to be slain in the Americas. We are drawn into a world of many tales, each containing more tales within. With seriousness and humor, honesty and trickery, images and sounds convey the powerful speech of places where creatures like Pepe perished without ever grasping their true situation.
Cast
As Pepe
- Jhon Narváez
- Fareed Matjila
- Harmony Ahalwa
- Shifafure Faustinus
Others
- Sor María Ríos as Betania
- Jorge Puntillón García as Candelario
- Steven Alexander as Cocorico
- Nicolás Marín Caly as Ángel
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 and 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."[4]
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.[5]
The film was shot in locations in Namibia and Colombia.[6]
Release
Pepe will have its world premiere on 20 February 2024, as part of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, in Competition.[7][8]
Accolades
The film was selected in Competition at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, thus it was nominated to compete for Golden Bear award.
| Award | Date | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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| Berlin International Film Festival | 25 February 2024 | Golden Bear | Pepe | Pending | [4] |
References
- ^ "Pepe". Berlinale. 6 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ De Los Santos Arias, Nelson Carlo (22 January 2024). "Pepe". Cineuropa. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ Abbatescianni, Davide (22 January 2024). "The Berlinale unveils its Competition and Encounters titles". Cineuropa. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ a b Rosser, Michael (22 January 2024). "Berlin film festival reveals 2024 competition line-up". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "World Cinema Fund with Twelve Films in the Berlinale Programme / WCF Day 2024 / German Federal Cultural Foundation Extends and Increases Funding". Berlinale. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "PEPE, la Imaginación en el Tercer Cine (Pepe, Imagination in the third cinema)" [Pepe, Imagination in the Third Cinema (Pepe, Imagination in the third cinema)]. Pandora Film (in Spanish). 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ Ntim, Zac (22 January 2024). "Berlin Reveals 2024 Competition Lineup: Rooney Mara, Mati Diop, Isabelle Huppert, Abderrahmane Sissako Movies Among Selection". Deadline. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "Pepe". Berlinale. 6 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
