Costa Rica Movies

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

Following an clever plan to emigrate to the United States, a group of boys from peasant families in the southern part of Costa Rica pretends to be a...

Because of his lower class status, Alberto is rejected by Elvira. He then travels to the capital city to study Philosophy and return worthy of...

Domingo’s house in the Costa Rican mountains is about to be expropriated for the construction of a highway. But his land hides a secret: the...

María Finojosa, wife of Spanish settler Juan de Cervantes, tunes into the fragile memory of the exact moment when her husband became obsessed...

Liliana Lericci migrated with her family to a small town in an indigenous region in the middle of the Costa Rican mountains. They created a united...

María is in conflict with herself. While putting on some make-up she struggles with the beauty canons and the way she sees herself.

The year is 2050 and alien space travelers look down on Planet Earth and witness the terrible devastation that it has suffered from climate change...

For her entire professional life, renowned ecologist Nalini Nadkarni pioneered climbing techniques to study "what grows back” after an...

Two friends who are partners in home video production see an opportunity to make money in an eco-friendly video contest. In the process their...

Scientists and philosophers work to understand animal vision in this multi textured rumination exploring our relationship to the nonhuman world.

In this one-hour special, Gordon investigates the history, culture and controversy surrounding the shark fishing industry. Each year, nearly 100...

A day in a retirement home.

Marielitos is a Mexican immigrant nanny struggling with the last days of her current nanny job, and trying to find a new one.

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

A group of colorful characters carry a mirror through the streets of San José and leave it in the Central Park of the city. A crowd moves...

Costa Rica, New Zealand, Hong Kong,Hawaii. Through the testimonies of 12 women, the issues of marriage, traditional conventions, being attracted to...