Presos
Film poster
Directed byEsteban Ramírez
Written byEsteban Ramírez
StarringAlejandro Aguilar
Release date
  • 14 May 2015 (2015-05-14)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryCosta Rica
LanguageSpanish

Presos (Inmate) is a 2015 Costa Rican drama film directed by Esteban Ramirez. The film was selected as entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[1][2]

Plot

Presos is a drama film about a young woman whose safe existences unravels when she secretly befriends a prison inmate.[3]

Cast

Production

The film was shot in Guadalupe, San José and Costa Rica and produced by Amaya Izquierdo. It was director Ramírez's third film and inspired by the 1973 documentary Los Presos, done by Ramirez's father.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Herrera, Manuel (30 September 2015). "Drama carcelario 'Presos' luchará por un puesto en los Óscar y Goya". La Nacion. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  2. ^ Aguilar, Carlos (30 September 2015). "Costa Rica Selects Esteban Ramirez' 'Presos' as Oscar Submission". IndieWire. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Internationally renowned Costa Rican film 'Presos' to premiere back home -". The Tico Times - Costa Rica News - Travel - Real Estate. 29 August 2015.

External links

Costa Rican submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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