‘Memories of a Burning Body’ Review: Women Rebel Against a Conservative Culture in Costa Rica’s Oscar Submission

The Costa Rican film Memories of a body that burns was nominated for the Goya 2025 Awards in the Best Ibero-American Film category. On February 8, when the gala of these prestigious awards is held, the film will have as contenders the feature films Agorrame fute (Uruguay), Ainda estou aquí (Brazil), El jockey (Argentina) and El lugar de la otra (Chile).This is the second time that a tica production competes for this Spanish award. In 2019, Anton…

‘Memories of a Burning Body’ Review: Women Rebel Against a Conservative Culture in Costa Rica’s Oscar Submission

There’s an unexpected implication when Antonella Sudasassi Furniss exposes the parameters of her film set at the start of “Memories of a Burning Body,” following lead Sol Carabello into one room to have her makeup done and a gaffer in another arranging the lights for a scene. It isn’t to accept the artifice of the […]