Domingo and the Mist
Fall Grants 2021 - Post-Production Stage
Ariel Escalante Meza / Feature Narrative / Costa Rica, Qatar / 2022 / 110 min / Original Language: Spanish / Interests: Drama, Supernatural
Synopsis
The town 65-year-old Domingo lives in is being threatened by thugs hired by a developer to expel its inhabitants and pave the way for the construction of a mega highway. But his land hides a secret—the ghost of his deceased wife who visits him within the mist. Domingo is sure he will never give up his land, even if that means resorting to violence.
Credits
- Director
- Ariel Escalante Meza
- Screenwriter
- Ariel Escalante Meza
- Producer
- Felipe Zúñiga, Julio Hernández Cordón, Nicolás Wong Diaz, Gabriela Fonseca
About the Director
Ariel Escalante Meza graduated in Political Science from Universidad de Costa Rica and in Cinema from Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión (EICTV) in Cuba and Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. ‘The Sound of Things’, his debut film, won the Kommersant Weekend Prize at the Moscow Film Festival in 2016 and represented Costa Rica for the Academy Awards and Goya Awards in 2018. He is a Berlinale Talents alumni and recipient of the National Prize for the Arts from Costa Rica’s Ministry of Culture in 2018.