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Caribe / Cinetel presenta una película de Esteban Ramírez ; producida y dirigida por Esteban Ramirez ; guión, Ana Istarú y Esteban Ramírez.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher: San José, Costa Rica : Cinetel, 2004Distributor: [San José, Costa Rica] : [Producciones de Cine y Television Cinetel S.A.]Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (92 min.)) : sound, colorContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
Uniform titles:
  • Caribe (Motion picture : 2004 : Ramírez)
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Salazar Herrera, Carlos, 1906-1980. Solitario
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Online resources: Production credits:
  • Cinematographer, Mario Cardona ; editor, Pablo Ramírez ; music, Walter Flores.
  • Best Director at the XXI Latin American Film Festival of Trieste, Italy 2004
  • Special Public Award for Best Film and Key of Freedom Award at the XXX Ibero-American Film Festival of Huelva, Spain 2004
  • Best Central American Feature Film at the IX ICARO Festival, Guatemala 2005
Cast: Jorge Perugorría, Maya Zapata, Cuca Escribano, Roberto McLean, Vinicio Rojas, Arnoldo Ramos, Gabriel Retes.Summary: Vicente Vallejo chose the exuberant and multicultural Costa Rican Caribbean to forge his dream of living with his wife Abigail, by the sea. His only client, a transnational banana company, unexpectedly decides to terminate his contract due to the fluctuations of the market. His situation is further complicated by the surprise arrival of young Irene, his wife's half-sister, and the installation of an American oil company in the area, which divides the community between the need for new jobs and the fear of harm environmental. The pain and frustration lead Vicente to a borderline situation. Jackson, an old black fisherman, neighbor of the Vallejo, observes everything. In a crisis, Vicente will do everything possible so that his dreams do not collapse...-- Digitalia Film Library website
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2004.

Inspired in the short story El solitario by Carlos Salazar Herrera.

Jorge Perugorría, Maya Zapata, Cuca Escribano, Roberto McLean, Vinicio Rojas, Arnoldo Ramos, Gabriel Retes.

Cinematographer, Mario Cardona ; editor, Pablo Ramírez ; music, Walter Flores.

Filmed on location Puerto Viejo, Cocles, Manzanillo, Bribrí

Vicente Vallejo chose the exuberant and multicultural Costa Rican Caribbean to forge his dream of living with his wife Abigail, by the sea. His only client, a transnational banana company, unexpectedly decides to terminate his contract due to the fluctuations of the market. His situation is further complicated by the surprise arrival of young Irene, his wife's half-sister, and the installation of an American oil company in the area, which divides the community between the need for new jobs and the fear of harm environmental. The pain and frustration lead Vicente to a borderline situation. Jackson, an old black fisherman, neighbor of the Vallejo, observes everything. In a crisis, Vicente will do everything possible so that his dreams do not collapse...-- Digitalia Film Library website

In Spanish.

Best Director at the XXI Latin American Film Festival of Trieste, Italy 2004

Special Public Award for Best Film and Key of Freedom Award at the XXX Ibero-American Film Festival of Huelva, Spain 2004

Best Central American Feature Film at the IX ICARO Festival, Guatemala 2005

Online resource; title from opening/closing credits (Digitalia Film Library, viewed March 5, 2020)

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