El Subsidiario

Dori is a retiree who spends her days drinking mate and playing lottery with Claudia, the woman who helps her clean her house. One day, she is unpleasantly surprised to learn that her neighbor Alicia has suddenly died. Overwhelmed by financial problems, Claudia tells Dori about Necromancy, the ritual by which one can consult the dead about the future. Dori agrees to this practice, thinking that her financial problems will soon be solved. But what she doesn't know is that desecrating the sleep of the dead can have terrifying consequences.

Nicolás, a retired widower, lives with his daughter, son-in-law, and grandson in a small rented home, supporting them with his meager pension. During the 2001 crisis in Argentina, Nicolás pursued his dream of building a house on a remote piece of land, just as he and his wife had dreamed. At a local cultural center, Nicolás began a free painting class despite the total opposition of his family, who considered him a hindrance to their lives.

Sergio visits his elderly mother on her birthday after more than a year away. There, he meets María, a twenty-something girl who begins to attract him and presents him with an opportunity to reconnect with his past.

Moisés is a retired firefighter who lives like a hermit in poverty. A keen flute player, he one day receives a visit from a debt collector demanding payment for an old debt. From that moment on, Moisés's life takes an unexpected turn.

After many years, Julia returns to her childhood home, where as a child she was sexually abused by her recently deceased father. But inhabiting that place again will force her to face her ghosts and darkest memories.

Kalima, a young foreigner just arrived in Buenos Aires, attends a job interview, without suspecting that the job is with a mysterious sect working in the human trafficking business.

Laura, a woman overwhelmed by debt, is about to lose her house and must negotiate with Karina, a nymphomaniac and unscrupulous lawyer who also once worked as a film critic, to settle her mortgage and avoid ending up on the street, but the agreement takes on increasingly bizarre overtones.

Paulo began working in a greengrocery owned by a lesbian couple, Cecilia and Gabi. Paulo soon falls in seduction games of Cecilia. He falls madly in love, not realizing his homosexuality, and not imagine either the problem that is messing with Gabi.

The piqueteros have seized power, and the country is plunged into chaos. Olga and Horacio, a bourgeois couple, escape through a forest trying to reach the river and cross to Punta del Este. Along the way, they find an abandoned house that once belonged to a revolutionary group. They decide to take refuge there for a few days, knowing that the piqueteros' threat is still latent.

Ivana a women of about 25, lives with her boyfriend Gregorio,a temperamental only son who loves his mother. Ivana is obligated by Gregorio on a strict diet because he see her prone to gaining weight. However, a sharo turn in her life will have to face his worst enemy: herself.

Wendy is a happily married woman leading a normal life, until horrific nightmares and visions and the arrival of a mysterious young woman reveal a dark past, filled with horror, violence, witchcraft and death.

In the southern part of the City of Buenos Aires there is a neighborhood that many name but do not know: Villa Lugano. There, the urban coexists with the village, which still survives, in much more than an afternoon nap or some grandparent's story. 100 years after its foundation, Lugano continues to build its identity.

Iván wants to emigrate to the United States. He doesn't care about what he's leaving behind, not even his relationship with his girlfriend Claudia, whom he hasn't yet told about his decision. Iván must sell his grandfather's house in order to travel. Memories of his grandfather, an immigrant who struggled to build a home and a future for his family, leave Iván conflicted about the direction he should take with his life.

Romina and Cony live immersed in their work, spending their days in a bread factory in the suburbs of the town where they grew up. The woman who runs the oven is absent that day, and they have to take over. They are tired of the routine and the pressures, while the forest surrounding the factory invites them to dream of a different future.

Luciana is a famous former TV presenter who is enjoying her early retirement from the media. One day, she receives a gift in the mail from one of her fans: a small, cute, and seemingly harmless stuffed rabbit. However, Luciana doesn't know it's a complex technological device designed to control and manipulate her sexual appetite.

Olga and Horacio, two work colleagues, decide to go out one night and end up having sex in the car in the middle of the forest. The next day they discover that they cannot leave the place, since they are in an area with strange magnetisms because it is controlled by some type of unknown intelligence.