Escuela

Eva, a film editor, and her assistant Rami are working on a film about blind people. A melancholy reflection on cinema and images.

A frustrated film director convinces famed actor Jorge Marrale to play his father, a gambling merchant who, after taking a trip to the Grand Canyon in flip-flops, has supposedly lost his life after falling off a cliff.

Santiago and Amelia Luisa share life in their marriage and also the responsibility of running a nail salon. The daily life of the salon (and of the couple) will be strangely shaken when a new client asks for manicure services.

Iván is a Spanish film producer who travels to Argentina with a single mission: to meet Carmen Trevilla, a cult director who is in the creative process of her new “video.” From minute zero, he feels captivated by her overwhelming and disconcerting presence. Although he still does not know if he is going to produce it – since he thinks that his cinema will not be well received by current European sensibilities – Iván takes advantage of every moment with Carmen to record, with his cell phone in his hand and an endless smile on his face, every adventure they embark on.

Pablo and Florencia work on Florida Street, the economic and tourist epicentre of Buenos Aires. Economic difficulties affect their life together. Pablo, in order to survive, begins to clandestinely smuggle dollars in the street. Taking advantage of the imminence of a currency crisis they will try to strike the blow that will take them out from the street once and for all.

Alejandro is a 40 year-old high-school teacher who lives with his mother. He is going through a personal financial crisis and being under the same roof with her makes him very unhappy. He's looking to move out on his own, but his mother's diagnosis of terminal cancer will force him to rethink his plans amidst a state of constant emotional distress.

Eva is just passing through Madrid. She spends her days there alone: she doesn't know anyone and isn’t particularly interested in getting to know new people. The city is therefore an unfamiliar place where she wanders aimlessly, her curiosity somewhat dampened. But one afternoon, at the Reina Sofía Museum, a man approaches her. His name is Dante and he is an Argentine historian researching labor struggles in his country and the career of Juan Bialet Massé.

The hypocrites tells the story of Nicolás, a young cameraman who works filming social events, but doesn’t feel fulfilled with his profession. In the middle of a high profile wedding, he accidentally records a compromising situation between the bride, Martina, and her brother, Esteban. Realising about what is in the tape, he sees the opportunity of leaving his tedious life behind through blackmailing the people involved. However, he does not know this secret could endanger his own life.

Pablo makes a living writing the daily horoscope predictions. He does his job quietly and diligently, and seems like an ordinary guy. But what no one knows is that when he gets home, he has an exuberant and complicated polyamorous life.

Maria lives with her mother in a village in the interior of the country. She does the housework and works as a masseur in a room in the house. The mother is in a bad way because of an injury caused by Suncho, the dog in the house, and then Maria takes care of her demands. Florence, her younger sister, is moving to the capital with her boyfriend. The early arrival of the couple in the village, to finalize details of the move, triggers movements inside the house.

Matías and Micaela will slowly get involved in the independent film world at the 3rd International Film Festival of Cosquín. A very tender and shy love story will begin between them.

Bruna is a young and beautiful actress in the making who has just separated from her boyfriend and is going through a period of deep melancholy. A late encounter with her ex gives her the strength to turn her experience into a play in which life and fiction intermingle.

Pelu is a thirty-something who barely survives on his salary as a projectionist at a municipal film club. After losing his job, he agrees to stay on as a night watchman and ends up living secretly inside the cinema, accompanied by the films he reviews every night.

A poor boy decides to stop being a poor boy and, together with his friend, tries to run away taking a bag full of money from his boss. The last night in his hometown is a review by way of farewell to the two friends for the places, the emotion and the songs that marked their lives.