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Pepín Bello, the man who never did anything

At the end of 2005, I was lucky enough to get to know Jose "Pepin" Bello, the last living voice of the Generation of '27. Intimate friend of Salvador Dalí, Luis Buñuel and Federico García Lorca among others, "Pepin" modestly, had influenced both the work and lives of tens of renowned artists.
Excited by his lucidity, enormous humanity and vast memory (since he was 101 years old), I wanted to make a statement of these encounters with an improvised audiovisual recording, urgently, enlisting a small group of friends and professionals from this field. The results could not have been better.
Even so, by misfortunes of life, these images could never see the light… Until now.

  • Alvaro Merino
    Director
  • Manuel Martin
    Writer
  • Pepín Bello
    Writer
  • Henar Álvarez
    Producer
  • Rebeca H. Alonso
    Producer
  • Pepín Bello
    Key Cast
  • Luis Buñuel
    Key Cast
  • Salvador Dalí
    Key Cast
  • Federico García Lorca
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Pepín Bello, el hombre que nunca hizo nada
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Genres:
    Biographic, Art
  • Runtime:
    29 minutes 57 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 1, 2015
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Spain
  • Country of Filming:
    Spain
  • Language:
    English, Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Microdocs
    Alicante, Spain
    April 17, 2015
    Spanish
    None
  • DocuTiff
    Albania
    April 12, 2015
    East European
    None
  • Picknic Festival
    Santander, Spain
    May 27, 2015
    Best Documentary
  • Agosto Clandestino
    Logroño (Spain)
    June 27, 2015
    Non-Competitive
  • Consuegra
  • Lavapiés
  • Chiva
  • Astorga
  • Lloret de Mar
  • Lugo
  • K-Leidoscopi
  • Daroca
  • Calanda
  • Urban TV
    Madrid
    November 10, 2015
    Best Independent Doc: 2.000 €
  • Digital Griffix
  • Roma Cinema DOC
  • Queen City
  • LA CineFest
  • Sedici Forli
  • Jihlava
  • Jump the Cut
  • ANTOFADOCS
    Antofagasta (Chili)
    November 12, 2015
  • ZARAGOZA
    Spain
    November 26, 2015
  • FECIDISCOVI
    Collado Villalba, Madrid, Spain
    November 27, 2015
    Grand Jury Prize
  • Peace & Film Festival
    Orlando, USA
    November 12, 2015
  • Ammar Popular
    Teherán (Irán)
    January 8, 2016
  • 13th Frames
    Mumbai. India
    December 22, 2015
  • Sttutgarten Filmwinter
    Stuttgart
    January 21, 2016
Director Biography - Alvaro Merino

Álvaro Merino graduated at ECAM, Madrid Fim School, in Directing . Feature Film screenwriter and Assistant Director in Movies an Advertising, this is his comeback as Director. Among his filmography we can find the short films “The Black Spider” (2002) and “Everybody's got something” (2004), shown and recognized worldwide.

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