Álvaro Marenco

Gonzalo has decided to die, but before leaving he calls his son Jorge for a final movie night. There, father and son will discover the simple things they kept hidden for many years.

Gustavo is a 33-year-old psychologist who takes care of Gerardo, his father. Pedro is a 36-year-old history teacher who comes to the country to meet his family for the first time in his life. None of them are ready for what comes ahead in the next forty-eight hours.

Gustavo is a 33-year-old psychologist who takes care of Gerardo, his father. Pedro is a 36-year-old history teacher who comes to the country to meet his family for the first time in his life. None of them are ready for what comes ahead in the next forty-eight hours.

Keyla is a beautiful young woman trying to get over a disturbing episode from her past. Unfortunately, her step dad's visits and the usual male harassment she suffers generate something dark within her. By the time her psychologist covers her secret, it is too late.

Tomás misses his dad. And death, paternity, love… these concepts are mysteries that Tomás, a catholic priest, would like his father to explain him. That's why he constantly visits his tomb with hope of hearing a truth.

This beautifully integrated, multi-threaded narrative seamlessly interweaves six stories set in radically different locations across Central America, ranging from the tropical forests of Guatemala to the skyscrapers of Panama City. When a solar storm leaves the region without power, myriad dramas unfold over the course of five days during which all conveniences of modernity are stripped away. In Costa Rica, a pastor and his daughter worry for the future of their church, while in El Salvador, a grandmother and grandson make an arduous journey into the city. A husband and wife reconnect in Honduras, as a young couple nurses a mysterious stranger back to health in Guatemala. Meanwhile, in Nicaragua, a young woman prepares for her quinceañera and in Panama, a housekeeper grows exasperated with her demanding employer.

A 35 year old Chilean exiled mom reconnects an old college love through Facebook, that moments sets dilemma: she might turn into the woman she swore she will never be: her mother.

As a soccer star back in the day, Eugenio used to be known as “The Gazelle” for his speed and dexterity in the field. He retired young, unable to score a trophy. Now 72 and living in a retirement home, Eugenio is determined to win a dance contest with the help of his partner Carmen and his openly gay instructor Daniel.

John, in a mid of millionaire robbery, meets the love of his life, Ana. But now he has to choose between money and love. He chooses love and decides to return the money but the confusion starts with an accident, which happens on the way

Recently divorced, 72-year-old Violeta lives alone in her childhood house, tending to her lush tropical garden and making plans to turn her property into a boarding house. When she discovers the bank is about to take away her house, she breaks all the rules to hold onto her home and her freedom.

Hernandez had already made films in Guatemala and Mexico and this time found inspiring locations, unusual atmosphere and enthusiastic young people in Costa Rica. In this consciously unpolished film, the rebellious girls Sole and Ana open the trunk of a car in grandma’s garden and find something they’d rather immediately forget.

The Nicaraguan border in the eighties. Eleven-year-old Claudia and her younger sister experience the street fighting at first hand outside their car window. Their parents are Sandinista activists and, although the family is now escaping to neighbouring Costa Rica, the struggle continues. Their parents fire off terse commands and the girls are packed off to their relatives. The film focuses on the point of view of the two sisters, who are very close, as they learn more than they are able to cope with, but too little really to understand. A revolutionary struggle, seen through the eyes of children.

A group of friends decide to make a documentary about the ghosts that are supposed to be haunting The Sanatorium in Costa Rica, things get creepy when the arrive to the place.

On the 400th anniversary of The Quixote this presents a new take on the encounter between Don Quixote and Dulcinea

A cinephile falls asleep during a projection and reality starts to confuse with dreams

Based in the famous Costa Rican novel, El Moto follows the misadventures of a orphan men

A documentary about the National Theather of Costa Rica, in the anniversary of the Costa Rican architectural landmark

A naive village girl leaves for city during transitional times for Costa Rica.

Costa Rican short drama

A Costa Rican film

Directed by Ali Ghalem.

In 1941, two Polish brothers escape a Soviet gulag. Their only escape route is through the impossible mountains of Afghanistan and the KGB is on their tail.

Lady Chaplin is a beautiful woman, she is a fashion stylist and she owns an atelier in Paris. Zoltan is a rich American specialized in submarine researches. Dick Malloy is an American secret agent. What have the three in common? Perhaps a sunk American atomic submarine with sixteen missiles still on board? And why every other scene one, two, ten or more men are trying to kill Malloy in every conceivable way?

Em 1954, durante os últimos dias do envolvimento militar francês na Indochina, o coronel francês Pierre-Noel Raspeguy está liderando seus paraquedistas na decisiva batalha de Dien Bien Phu. Uma guarnição francesa enfraquecida enfrenta um grande ataque de tropas comunistas do Viet Minh. Quando sua posição é invadida pelo inimigo Raspeguy e seus homens são feitos prisioneiros. Depois do tratado de paz, eles são libertados e regressam à França, onde o Coronel Raspeguy recebe o comando de um novo regimento aéreo com destino à Argélia. Os franceses estão tentando impedir a Argélia de obter a independência total da França. O Exército francês está envolvido em operações de contra insurgência, em ambientes urbanos e rurais, contra a guerrilha argelina liderada pela Frente de Libertação Nacional da Argélia (FLNA). Esta é a última chance do coronel Raspeguy de provar suas habilidades de comando e salvar sua carreira militar.