Best award winning movies with food for thought from Costa Rica

1 Clara Sola (2021)

In a remote village in Costa Rica, Clara, a withdrawn 40-year-old woman, experiences a sexual and mystical awakening as she begins a journey to free herself from the repressive religious and social conventions which have dominated her life.

2 The Return (2011)

After a decade abroad, Antonio returns to Costa Rica for a short visit. Unable to run away as usual, he is confronted with everything he has desperately struggled to put in the past: a broken family, an ailing father, a violent country and long lost friends.

3 Of Love and Other Demons (2009)

Based on Gabriel García Márquez's novel, this is the unsettling story of 13-year-old noble Sierva and the dog bite that changes her life forever. Abandoned, displaced, in the midst of a sexual awakening and finally exorcised, Sierva finds an unlikely ally in a young priest and together they discover passion.

4 Caribe (2004)

Vicente and Abigail run a banana plantation in Limon Province, on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. Abigail's half-sister Irene, about whom Abigail knew nothing, comes to introduce herself. Banana prices start falling, threatening the plantation's finances. An oil company works with the government to get off-shore drilling rights, over local objection. Vicente is at the center of each cross-current. Will he fall for Irene? Can he save the plantation? Will he sell out to corporate offers?

5 The Path (2007)

Two young Nicaraguan children, Saslaya and her mute brother Dario, must travel to Costa Rica to find their long-lost mother.

6 Enredados La Confusión (2018)

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

7 Memories for Sale (2020)

After his alcoholic father's death, a young man decides to sell the last memory of him — his taxi.

8 Marasmo (2004)

Ismael (Bismark Méndez), a Colombian undercover police officer obsessed with taking down notorious guerilla leader Comandante Lupercio (César Meléndez), finds life may hold more in store for him when he meets the beautiful Luz Angélica (Carolina Solano) on a bus. Based on the writings of Antonio Caballero, this arresting thriller is adapted for the screen and directed by filmmaker Mauricio Mendiola.

9 C'est comme ça (2005)

A condemned man shares his thoughts while smoking a cigarette, moments before his death.

10 Espejismo (2015)