Domingo and the Mist

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"Domingo and The Mist unfolds in shades of melancholy and regret, making for a sombre, reflective film"

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  • Archive - Festival 38
  • Director: Ariel Escalante Meza
  • Costa Rica 2022
  • 92 minutes
  • Spanish
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

In the tropical mountains of Costa Rica, widower Domingo owns a piece of land which is coveted to build a new highway. When the contractors send in thugs to intimidate the community, the neighbors leave one by one, but Domingo refuses to give in - the ghost of his deceased wife returns to him in the mists.

Domingo and the Mist - a slow-burning comment on corruption pierced with a tinge of magical realism - comes to Haifa from its premiere at the Un Certain Regard section of the 2022 Cannes Festival. Ariel Escalante Meza presents a personal and political film, a story of memory and mourning, exploring the mist as a metaphor for grief, but also as a symbol of hope.

Filmography: The Sound of Things (2016).

 

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  • Director Ariel Escalante Meza
  • Production Ariel Escalante Meza, Nicolás Wong Díaz, Felipe Zúñiga, Julio Hernández Cordón, Gabriela Fonseca Villalobos
  • Script Ariel Escalante Meza
  • Cinematography Nicolás Wong Díaz
  • Editing Lorenzo Mora
  • Music Alberto Torres
  • Festivals Cannes, Toronto
  • Actors Carlos Ureña, Sylvia Sossa, Esteban Brenes Serrano, Aris Vindas
  • Source Films Boutique