Presos

Presos is a 2015 Costa Rican drama film directed by Esteban Ramirez. The film was selected as the Costa Rican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.

Plot

Presos is a drama film about a young woman whose safe existence unravels when she secretly befriends a prison inmate.

Cast

Alejandro Aguilar as J.J.
Natalia Arias as Victoria
Rocío Carranza as Iris
Leynar Gomez as Jason
Daniel Marin as Emanuel
Edgar Roman as Sebas
Freddy Viquez as «Tanque»

Production

The film was shot in Guadalupe, San José and Costa Rica and produced by Amaya Izquierdo. It was director Ramírez's third film and inspired by the 1973 documentary Los Presos, done by Ramirez's father.