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A voice claiming to be a hippopotamus tells this surreal story about Pepe, the first and last hippopotamus to be killed in Latin America.

This innovative fable loosely tells the tragic story of a descendant of Pablo Escobar's «cocaine hippos» — hippos he illegally imported into Colombia for his private zoo. This is a strange and formally unique project from one of Latin America's most original directors.

Director

Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias (b. 1985) is a filmmaker from the Dominican Republic. He had his breakthrough with Cocote in 2017, which premiered at the Locarno Film Festival. His latest film, Pepe, premiered at the Berlinale in 2024.

This film is part of

DOC:SOUTH

Original title Pepe

Country Dominican Republic, Namibia, Germany, France

Year 2024

Director Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias

Screenplay Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias

Cinematography Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias, Roman Lechapelier, Camilo Soratti

Producer Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias, Pablo Lozano, Tanya Valette

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

Runtime 2h 2m

Language Spanish, Afrikaans, German

Subtitles English

Genre Documentary, Drama

Format DCP

Age limit 12

Links IMDb

This film is in competition for the Audience Award.

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