ON LA ROMERÍA, COSTA RICA’S ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE FOR
THEIR PATRON SAINT, ONE YOUNG WOMAN SEEKS A NEW START IN CRISTOBAL SERRÁ’ JORQUERA’S TENDER DRAMA
EL CALOR DESPUÉS DE LA LLUVIA
(THE HEAT AFTER THE RAIN)
Street Date: September 29, 2020
DVD/Digital: $24.95
The First Feature-Length Drama from Jorquera, Highlighted as a
Costa Rican Filmmaker on the Rise by Indiewire, Will Also Be
Available Via IndiePix Unlimited on Amazon Channels
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
For nearly 400 years, millions of Costa Ricans have annually made La Romería, the pilgrimage to Cartago to pay homage to La Virgin de Los Angeles, the country’s Patron Saint. But this year, something in Juana (Milena Picado) has snapped. You can see it in her eyes. She’s carrying within her the weight of a great loss and her hope is that joining the pilgrimage will help unburden her. However, when a chance encounter with her ex-boyfriend, Gustavo (Luis Carlos Bogantes), surprises, will she finally face what she’s been running away from and set herself free?
Featuring lush vistas and stunning Costa Rican scenery and a subtle and sensitive tender character-driven story from Jorquera in his feature-length dramatic debut, EL CALOR DESPUÉS DE LA LLUVIA (THE HEAT AFTER THE RAIN) surprises on many levels from a director leading the charge of a new generation of Costa Rican filmmakers.
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Type: DVD/Digital (Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, Google)
Running Time: 70 minutes
Genre: World Cinema/Drama
Aspect Ratio: 2:35:1
Audio: 5.1 Stereo
Language: Spanish with English Subtitles
