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Valentina Maurel on the Triumph of Costa Rican Cinema at Locarno Festival
It's not every day that a Latin American film wins prizes at a top-level festival. Tengo sueños eléctricos (I Have Electric Dreams), the feature debut by Costa Rican Valentina Maurel won three of the main awards at the Locarno Festival in Switzerland: best actress for its protagonist, the adolescent Daniela Marín Navarro, best actor for the thespian who plays her father, Reinaldo Amien, and best director for Maurel.