Costa Rica Movies

A young couple is walking along the trails of the humid tropical forest, when a minor accident causes them to touch on existential issues.

This film shows the experience of women coming from several sectors (indigenous, infected by HIV/AIDS, peasants, lesbians, fishing workers,...

The movie addresses the theme of euthanasia. A couple meets, gets married, and lives happily until he suffers an accident and falls into a state of...

A group of older Cabécares from Talamanca rediscover their past when they visit for the first time since they left the indigenous territory of...

Isolina is a beautiful woman who attracts Sabaneros. She has a kind of amulet that heals the men of the solitudes in the extensive Guanacaste pampas....

Sacramento Villegas, one of the Costa Rican composers from Guanacaste who has had the most influence on the music of his region but who has gone...

Deep in an overgrown jungle of abandoned concrete ruins, a young woman awakens with no memory and no way out. When she finds and protects a helpless...

CECI EST L'HISTOIRE D'UN HOMME. Composed by series of still images captured in different moments and circumstances; moving through dream and memory....

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A hybrid documentary exploring the 'legacy of shame' by blurring the lines between objective documentary recording, performative reconstruction and...

An elderly pianist mourns a relative for many years of his adult life. After the loss of his son Jorge, he seeks to overcome the guilt he has felt...

Banalities and trivialities become fodder for the distraction from the true value of life, as seen by our main character who struggles to reach the...

According to the words of J.L. Borges in his work “A History of Eternity”, “eternity is a simpler and more magical thing: it is the...

In the lush heart of Costa Rica, where the earth vibrates with life and biodiversity reaches extraordinary levels, lives a tiny but captivating...

Mr. Pitters lives in a retirement home in Siquirres, a small town near Costa Rica's Caribbean coast. He is frail and blind, yet slings a guitar over...

Through the magical adventures of climbing strangler fig trees in the lush mountains of Costa Rica, young climbers find love and purpose for...

On the morning of February 9th, 2023, the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo exiled 222 political prisoners to the United States, in a...

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