Pepe

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Pepe

2024

2h 2m

Drama

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65%

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23 Reviews

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

In the jungle of Colombia, Pepe, a young Hippo was killed. Between sounds and bellows, his ghost narrates his story, an authentic and false story, serious and playful. Another story to add to the imaginary of these neighboring towns, full of macho fights, dictatorships and beings that have died without ever knowing where they really were.

Tara Brady

Irish Times

Feb 28

4/5

The cumulative effect of the speculative fantasy and hybrid presentation is profoundly sad, as a voiceless victim of the drug cartels meets a terrible fate in a strange land.

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Carlos Aguilar

RogerEbert.com

Jan 10

3/4

An exciting, visually unpredictable consideration of colonialism and human hubris tinged with the fantastic.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Jan 8

4/5

Perhaps the film itself, so mysteriously distended with huge digressions and non-narrative scenes, is as exotically fleshy and strange as a hippo. Yet it has bite. And the hippos themselves are entrancing.

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Frank J. Avella

The Contending

Nov 22

C-

Arias has lot on his mind including man’s hubris when it comes to his environment. As a filmmaker he shows tremendous promise. But Pepe is like a Pollock painting. You are either sucked in or alienated.

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Marissa Hill

Shade Studios

Jul 30

Visually, Pepe has a deliberately aged, almost retro aesthetic, and the pacing can feel slow at times. There’s a lot to absorb, especially for viewers unfamiliar with the larger context of Escobar’s cocaine empire.

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

Apr 25

6/10

De Los Santos demonstrates some of his aesthetic expertise, but I feel that his narrative here lacks emotion and, for the most part, his experimental pretensions are lost in a rather convoluted discursive synthesis. [Full review in Spanish]

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Synopsis

In the jungle of Colombia, Pepe, a young Hippo was killed. Between sounds and bellows, his ghost narrates his story, an authentic and false story, serious and playful. Another story to add to the imaginary of these neighboring towns, full of macho fights, dictatorships and beings that have died without ever knowing where they really were.

Director: Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias, Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias
Producer: Pablo Lozano, Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias, Tanya Valette, Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias
Screenwriter: Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias, Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias
Production Co: Monte & Culebra
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Spanish
Runtime: 2h 2m