Costa Rica has selected Domingo and the Mist / Domingo y la niebla by director Ariel Escalante Meza as its contender for Best International Feature Film at the 95th edition of the Academy Awards. The second feature film by director Ariel Escalante Meza had its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard competition at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
The supernatural drama tells the story of Domingo, a 65-year-old man who lives in a town that 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.
Domingo and the Mist becomes the eleventh Oscar submission from the Central American country, which has yet to nab its first nomination.
