Michele Modesto Casarin

A young man from Barcelona (Marc) arrives to Venice and confronts his father (Paco), who has not seen since he was two years old. This sudden encounter with his forgotten son both shocks and pleases Paco. Marc, filled with long repressed resentments, discovers in Paco a welcoming individual. The emotions seem to move towards a feeling of connection and understanding between father and son. But Paco's semi-lies, his complex and opaque past, his unclear present, quickly transforms the encounter into a muddy pool of emotional uncertaintie.

A nurse who is happily single the rest of the year is sick of being shamed for being alone at the holidays, so vows on December 1 to find someone to take home for Christmas.