María Esther Duckse

Culpable

A criminal confronts the police by firing at them with a machine gun from the first floor of a villa on the outskirts of Buenos Aires and occasionally shooting down a policeman. The gunman has time to reflect, to load his gun, to run from one window to the other. Whoever leads the police notices the futility of his efforts and suspends the fire.

Murió el sargento Laprida

A corporal and sergeant in the fire service fight over a woman.

Lo que le pasó a Reynoso

A gaucho kills a romantic rival in a duel, forcing him to flee.

The Terrace

A group of young aristocrats lock themselves up, for fun, on a terrace in a wealthy building in Buenos Aires. Their parents try to get them out, but they threaten to jump down if any adults enter the terrace.

El conventillo de la paloma

The romance between Paloma, the daughter of the owner of La Paloma tenement, and the handsome Villa Crespo.

Appointment at the Border

Two middle-aged brothers fall in love with a tango singer they have met in a gambling hall, after she is stranded in their border mining town, causing them to turn against each other.

¡Al diablo con este cura!

Quirky but lovable priest is transferred to a new parish, and discovers that his flock all need stern talkings-to.

El susto que Pérez se llevó

The misadventures and mishaps of a tailor.

Culpable

A criminal confronts the police by firing at them with a machine gun from the first floor of a villa on the outskirts of Buenos Aires and occasionally shooting down a policeman. The gunman has time to reflect, to load his gun, to run from one window to the other. Whoever leads the police notices the futility of his efforts and suspends the fire.

Murió el sargento Laprida

A corporal and sergeant in the fire service fight over a woman.

Lo que le pasó a Reynoso

A gaucho kills a romantic rival in a duel, forcing him to flee.

The Terrace

A group of young aristocrats lock themselves up, for fun, on a terrace in a wealthy building in Buenos Aires. Their parents try to get them out, but they threaten to jump down if any adults enter the terrace.

El conventillo de la paloma

The romance between Paloma, the daughter of the owner of La Paloma tenement, and the handsome Villa Crespo.

Appointment at the Border

Two middle-aged brothers fall in love with a tango singer they have met in a gambling hall, after she is stranded in their border mining town, causing them to turn against each other.

¡Al diablo con este cura!

Quirky but lovable priest is transferred to a new parish, and discovers that his flock all need stern talkings-to.

El susto que Pérez se llevó

The misadventures and mishaps of a tailor.

El octavo infierno, cárcel de mujeres

A woman tries to prove his son's innocence, a taxi driver who is accused of murder.

Cuando los hombres hablan de mujeres

Three stories told in a Turkish bathhouse: two braggarts are mocked by a starlet; two Boca Juniors fans and love-hate for two River Plate fan girls; a man, father of 8 daughters, seeks the boy despite his wife.