Andrés Madrigal Explores Costa Rica’s Little-Known Queer History Through Personal Doc ‘Lost Men’

Director Andrés Madrigal's feature documentary debut, 'Lost Men,' premiered at the Costa Rica Film Festival. When his grandfather passed away, Madrigal picked up his camera to capture that moment of grief. That archival impulse evolved into an intimate exploration of Costa Rica's overlooked queer history, told through his own family narrative. Per Variety, the documentary is both a personal family chronicle and a recovery of hidden chapters of queer history in Costa Rica.

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