2024 - 69th Edition

Waldo

Carlos Arnaiz Escalpés, Alberto Ortega Ahumada
Spain
 - 2024
Out of competition

The prestigious composer of the ‘Himno de la Alegría’, Waldo de los Ríos, was found dead with two shotgun wounds to his face on the morning of the 28th of March in 1977. The documentary Waldo is a project that aims to decipher all the secrets behind this famous Argentinian musician, who had been living in Spain since the sixties. In the course of this investigation we will discover a life of fame, luxury, passion, homophobia, dictatorship, esotericism, depression, loneliness, an enigmatic suicide, ... and oblivion.

Waldo is produced by Dadá Films & Entertainment with the collaboration of RTVE and the support of the Madrid City Council, the Community of Madrid and SGAE.

DIRECTOR
Carlos Arnaiz Escalpés, Alberto Ortega Ahumada
RUNNING TIME
90 min.
COUNTRY
Spain
FORMAT
Largometraje
YEAR OF PRODUCTION
2024