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Historias Breves II: Aluap

The military coup of '76 means that the birthday of a little girl named Paula does not pass normally.

Musical Chairs

Victor, who lives abroad, must travel to his country of origin sent by the company where he works and will have only one day to visit his family who will do the impossible to honor him in that short stay. At that time, dramatic turns and touches of humor will occur to deep solemnities, within the traditional and beloved domestic bosom.

Historias Breves I: Ojos de fuego

The story of a boy who lives in a humble neighborhood and has problems with a police commissioner. The backdrop is the Argentine crisis experienced in the Buenos Aires suburbs, and the first scene portrays the looting of a supermarket. The short was part of "Short Stories I" (1995).

Historias Breves 2

In the Open

Elisa, a thirty-eight-year old woman, leaves for a week with her husband and young daughter on a vacation to a house in the country. Everything is going for her: she has a successful professional career, loves her family, has enough money for a comfortable life, and has plans for the future. After arriving to the country, a strange feeling takes hold of her. She starts feeling the presence of something that moves the treetops at night, makes the dogs howl, and wanders like the breath of a ghost across the infinite countryside. A stinging feeling that kills all her certainties. In the middle of the night Elisa wakes up. The moonlight shines on her face.

Tiger, Blood in the Mouth

Ramón Alvia is a professional boxer who, although he has won several international championships, is old and is at the end of his career. He resists. In the gym, Ramon discovers among the young boxers Deborah, a beautiful girl.

Tierra de refugio: historias de exilio

Cristina spent the last thirty years of her life in France, where she arrived as a political refugee. She decided to take the route from Paris to Grenoble to attend a barbecue, a ritual organized by Latin American exiles since 1976 to thank the French people for their hospitality. Alicia, Jaime, Juan Carlos, and Jorge, some of those who shared her early years of exile, are waiting for her there. Together they will retrace the path that unites the past and present of a generation marked by pain.

Sofía cumple 100 años

Sofía accomplished many things in her life. She started a beautiful family and gave love to many people. Sofía has also experienced some very sad things: the death of her father in the San Juan earthquake of 1944, the disappearance of her son during the dictatorship, forced exile at the age of 67… Despite all this, she is not only alive, lucid, and active, but also has a surprising sense of humor and optimism.

Refugio en la ciudad

A man wanders at dawn through different corners of Cuidad de Buenos Aires, devastated by the loss of a lover.