Baby Back Costa Rica

Synopsis

Three teenage girls are heading home in their Mini Cooper S. They discuss their boyfriends, their boyfriend's mothers, their boyfriend's mother's cars, and Judaism. After making pizza they go swim in the pool. This film is part of the sub-genre of horror films where a vehicle is the protagonist, in this case a Mini Cooper S. Pedro Gomes developed an aggressive soundscape, working at the intersection of distorted post-rock guitar with horror film soundtrack tropes. It alternates in between a diagetic (music inside the car) and non-diagetic (music outside the car) register, which proposes it as something the girls consume, as well as something that consumes them, as it distinguishes and allocates them to a specific genre, and class.

Original Title
BABY BACK COSTA RICA
Director
Gabriel Abrantes
Producer
Gabriel Abrantes
Curtas Metragens C.R.L., A Mutual Respect
Script
Gabriel Abrantes
Editing
Gabriel Abrantes
Photography
Gabriel Abrantes
Sound
Gabriel Abrantes
Music
Pedro Gomes
Main Actors
Mariana Roberto, Nuria Coelho, Dory Castro
Original Language
Portuguese
Subtitles
English

Film Statistics

  • 426 Spectators
  • 6 Festival Selections
  • 7 Exhibitions

Awards and Selections

07.2011
Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival, Portugal
11.2011
Gijón International Film Festival, Spain
03.2012
Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, Netherlands
11.2013
Sevilla Festival de Cine - Cine Europeo y Contemporáneo, Spain
04.2017
Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente, Argentina

Other Screenings

02.2016
Film Society of Lincoln Center

Alto Patrocínio

Apoio

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