Maikol Yordan de Viaje Perdido

2014 Costa Rican film

18 December 2014 (2014-12-18) (Costa Rica)

Running time

101 minutesCountryCosta RicaLanguageSpanish

Maikol Yordan Traveling Lost (Spanish: Maikol Yordan de Viaje Perdido) is a 2014 Costa Rican comedy film produced by the quartet of comedians La Media Docena (The Half Dozen). The film stars Mario Chacon, Daniel Moreno, Erick Hernandez, Edgar Murillo, Natalia Monge and Adal Ramones. The film was directed by Miguel Gómez, and it was released in 2014.^[1] It was filmed on locations in Costa Rica, Mexico, England, Italy and France.^[2] Maikol Yordan Traveling Lost tells the story of Maikol Yordan Soto Sibaja, a naive and good-natured Costa Rican farmer and his adventures traveling in Europe as he tries to prevent an evil businessman from taking over his family's farm. The film became the most watched Costa Rican film in history.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Plot

Maikol Yordan Soto Sibaja (Mario Chacón) is a humble farmer who migrates to the city in search of employment. After being unsuccessful, he returns to his home in the countryside where he reunites with his family: his wife Concepción (Natalia Monge) and their eight children, his grandmother Doña Milagro (Anabel Ulloa) and his cousin Heriberto (Boris Alonso). Once there, he learns that the property where he lives is about to be seized for accumulated debts and that there is a businessman named Malavassi (Adal Ramones) who is interested in acquiring the property. Maikol Yordan wins a contest to go to Europe with all his expenses paid and decides to go in order to find a job and ask for financial help from a distant cousin.

Once in Europe, Maikol Yordan is pursued by Cordero (Daniel Moreno), Malavassi's right-hand man, who seeks to thwart Maikol Yordan's plans on several occasions. On his journey through Europe, Maikol Yordan makes several friends who help him meet his cousin: Carolina (María José León), a Colombian waitress who works in a pub in London and is an aspiring model; François (Erik Hernández), a French rogue; and Greivin (Édgar Murillo), a Costa Rican photographer who works in Paris and goes by the name of Jean Luc.

References

^ Planet, Lonely; Harrell, Ashley; Kluepfel, Brian; Bremner, Jade (November 1, 2018). Lonely Planet Best of Costa Rica. Lonely Planet Global Limited. ISBN 9781788681629 – via Google Books.
^ "Conozca el primer tráiler de 'Maikol Yordan de viaje perdido', la película". La Nación, Grupo Nación.
^ Harvey-Kattou, Liz (June 30, 2019). Contested Identities in Costa Rica: Constructions of the Tico in Literature and Film. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781789620054 – via Google Books.
^ "Más de 300.000 personas ya vieron 'Maikol Yordan de viaje perdido'". La Nación, Grupo Nación. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
^ Delgado, Maria M.; Hart, Stephen M.; Johnson, Randal (March 14, 2017). A Companion to Latin American Cinema. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118557525 – via Google Books.