''Presos'' (Inmate) is a 2015 Costa Rican
drama film
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directed by Esteban Ramirez. The film was selected as entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
88th Academy Awards
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, but it was not nominated.
Plot
''Presos'' is a drama film about a young woman whose safe existences unravels when she secretly befriends a prison inmate.
Cast
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Alejandro Aguilar as J.J.
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Natalia Arias as Victoria
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Rocío Carranza as Iris
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Leynar Gomez as Jason
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Daniel Marin as Emanuel
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Edgar Roman
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as Sebas
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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.
See also
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References
External links
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2015 films
2015 drama films
Costa Rican drama films
2010s Spanish-language films
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