Costa Rica Movies

At the dawn of Independence, our society desperately seeks a way out of the economic and social confinement that the Spanish colony has imposed on...

Paul is obsessed with his neighbor across the street, "Elena." Every day he watches her through the window, while "Elena" deals with her abusive...

This documentary, filmed at Christmas 1973, "searches" for the causes of malnutrition in the slums, in the unemployed population, in the living...

Tonight, an ill man has to die in spite of his pregnant wife.

The film offers us the other side of the prison problem and questions the often simplistic prejudices with which we normally approach this problem.

A creative dialogue between a painter and a filmmaker becomes an excuse to enter a strange, fantastic and new world for both of them. Like a rumor...

In 1974, the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) began work on the Arenal hydroelectric project. As a result, two towns, Arenal and...

In this 16 mm feature film, the journalist Miguel Salguero portrays the adventures of a group of people who make a bet and undertake a risky trip by...

This documentary summarizes the history, traditions, and living conditions of the Black population in the province of Limón, Costa Rica...

In the middle of paradise, the cross section between cop and criminal, the "haves and have nots", and the ones in charge get muddied. Weaving the...

It is based on real testimonies of six women from different social strata that reflect the misery, anger, repressed and silent suffering, as well as...

After delivering a rousing speech on immigration, Rep. Jim Coolidge goes to sleep - only to wake up on the wrong side of the border.

This film shows the general aspects of the school garden program carried out by the Ministry of Public Education in the country's schools. In its...

In the nineteenth century, while a young girl is walking in the countryside, and a unexpected encounter with a familiar face unearths a secret.