Cristina Berys

In 1830, a young orphan lady poses as a man in order to meet the expectations of her uncle.

This relentlessly realistic Argentine production was released in the U.S. as The Marked Man. The title character is a poverty-stricken janitor who suddenly wins an enormous sum in the National lottery. Spending money before he actually collects it, the janitor is appalled to discover that his wife has inadvertently sold the winning ticket to a door-to-door peddler. The ticket was hidden in the band of an old straw hat, which passes through several hands as the janitor frantically searches for the precious headgear. What might have been handled as a farce by another director is transformed into a stark, utterly credible urban tragedy by director Francis Laurie.

Filomena, a former prostitute in her 40s, tricks a wealthy shopkeeper to marry her and support her three children.

A married couple with three daughters abandons the idea of divorce when a supposed son of the husband appears.

Two boys who love basketball come into the confrontation, already big, for the love of a woman.

A high society woman discovers a fiery romantic letter in a raincoat pocket seemingly written by a rumba dancer to the woman’s doctor husband. He tries to cover by saying that the letter is addressed to a more conservative friend of his, leading to rumours of his friend’s (supposed) incredible passion becoming intriguing to the local women, even the Doctor’s own jealous wife.

As stowaways, the "Big Five of Good Humor" arrive in Casablanca. There they will launch themselves in defense of four girls kidnapped by a man, about to be sold to the harem of an Arab sheikh.

A young woman from Lima, tormented by the dream of a previous life, repeats it again when she meets a man.