Domingo Mania

Dock Sud

A trolley falls from a bridge to the Riachuelo, killing almost all its passengers. The families of the victims receive compensation, they improve their lifestyles and look down on the worker who didn't take the trolley that mortal day.

The Candidate

An old politician is claimed by his party to be a candidate in the next elections.

Pasó en mi barrio

An italian man is unfairly imprisoned and his wife must work to maintain the family.

Después del silencio

A doctor is persecuted after treating a tortured man at a police station.

The Priest Lorenzo

A heart-warming and entertaining chronicle of Salesian priest Lorenzo Massa. His work in the Almagro neighborhood of Buenos Aires in the early 1900s led to the founding of San Lorenzo de Almagro, one of the best soccer clubs in Argentina. (Pope Francis, who grew up in this neighborhood in the 1940s, is a fan). Father Massa (Ángel Magaña), an athletic young priest, is sent to serve a working class community, where he initially faces indifference and hostility. Following the conventions of the Hollywood biopic, the film describes the characters and their plights with affection, and a dash of drama, as they are changed by the example of the priest.

Recommended capture

Dramatizations of four cases "drawn from Buenos Aires police files".

Hoy canto para ti

Despite her father's contrary opinion, a young woman falls in love with a bolero singer.

Avivato (El rey de los vivos)

Fast-talking con artist type falls in love with a nice young woman and tries to go straight to win her father's approval.

Dock Sud

A trolley falls from a bridge to the Riachuelo, killing almost all its passengers. The families of the victims receive compensation, they improve their lifestyles and look down on the worker who didn't take the trolley that mortal day.

The Candidate

An old politician is claimed by his party to be a candidate in the next elections.

Pasó en mi barrio

An italian man is unfairly imprisoned and his wife must work to maintain the family.

Después del silencio

A doctor is persecuted after treating a tortured man at a police station.

The Priest Lorenzo

A heart-warming and entertaining chronicle of Salesian priest Lorenzo Massa. His work in the Almagro neighborhood of Buenos Aires in the early 1900s led to the founding of San Lorenzo de Almagro, one of the best soccer clubs in Argentina. (Pope Francis, who grew up in this neighborhood in the 1940s, is a fan). Father Massa (Ángel Magaña), an athletic young priest, is sent to serve a working class community, where he initially faces indifference and hostility. Following the conventions of the Hollywood biopic, the film describes the characters and their plights with affection, and a dash of drama, as they are changed by the example of the priest.

Recommended capture

Dramatizations of four cases "drawn from Buenos Aires police files".

Hoy canto para ti

Despite her father's contrary opinion, a young woman falls in love with a bolero singer.

Avivato (El rey de los vivos)

Fast-talking con artist type falls in love with a nice young woman and tries to go straight to win her father's approval.

Inspiración

Film about the biography of the musician Franz Schubert.

Alfonsina

Biography of Argentinean poet Alfonsina Storni (1892-1938), on of the most famous Latin American poets of the modernist period, who committed suicide by drowning in the sea in Mar del Plata.

The Marihuana Story

Pablo Urioste is a respected surgeon, but he is forced to experience a nightmarish world after his wife, a marijuana addict, dies at a nightclub. He tells his story to the police, and tells stories of how he is hooked, beaten, blackmailed, and includes some bad-trip flashbacks. Ms. Quiroga tries to help him, but there is little hope for Dr. Urioste after undergoing THE MARIHUANA STORY.

Catita is a lady

Catita patterns are separated and, momentarily, decide to leave the house in charge of it, dismissing the rest of the household staff. Furthermore, Catita accidentally causes a fire, leaving many people homeless and living temporarily offered together in the mansion, she pretended to be the owner to the outsiders.

La voz de mi ciudad

Fúlmine

A married man usually has very bad luck until he wins the lottery.

Almafuerte

Biography of the Argentine poet Almafuerte.

La parda Flora

Early twentieth century in Greater Buenos Aires, where the passion of a woman of dubious past for the son of a rich man who has influence in the police develops.

Vivir un instante

A woman and a man are involved in trafficking.

El pecado más lindo del mundo

The wrong address on an ad asking for a typist will make a cartoonist's life miserable.

The House of the Angel

A young teen has been raised by a despotic mother overcome with religious zeal and a father who rules over the household with a heavy, iron hand. Forcibly kept innocent of the sexual nuances of some adult relationships, she is not too clear on her rights, his intentions, or the consequences when her father's best friend starts to lust after her.

Todo un héroe

A shy person is confused with a man that saved a woman from drowning, and he is seen as a hero.

Mi novia es un fantasma

A humble maid is confused with a millionaire from a misunderstanding in the hotel that works and a journalist falls madly in love with her.

La hija del ministro

The daughter of a minister pretends to be a worker to conquer the opposition deputy and discover the evidence that he proposes to present against her father.

El barco sale a las diez

To investigate a robbery, a journalist embarks on the maiden voyage of a ship that will never take place

La orquídea

A woman of great beauty is used by a man who only desires her body and falls on the path of self-destruction.