Laura Bua

A portrait of the life of Tita Merello, famous Argentinian singer and actress.

In 1847 Buenos Aires, a young noblewoman and a young Jesuit fall in love, much to the disapproval of her family and the Church.

Produced in almost marginal conditions, Los Totos is a portrait of life in impoverished neighbourhoods

Buenos Aires at the outskirts of XIX century. A society rigid in patriarchal rules. A war between brothers of Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay. Two young and very much in love youngsters, fight for their right to be together. Obeyance and fear sets them apart along more than ten years. When they are finally reunited, will they be able to overcome the pain and tragedy that haunts them?

The citizen music performed on the bandoneon serves as a poetic framework to talk about a Buenos Aires that little by little is disappearing.

An early black-and-white mood piece, Rejtman’s lyrical short film fuses a young couple’s passage into early adulthood with a journey through Buenos Aires in the quietest moments at the very break of day.