Patriotic Spirits

Buenos Aires at the end of the millennium a young filmmaker hopeless about their future decides to film his last act.

Two young men arrested for robbery in Argentine prisons. A woman detained for murdering her husband, a former oppressor and torturer. A filmmaker who decides to film their life stories and, in doing so, also recognizes the detention of those who live in the "world of freedom."

While his daughter Olivia plays alone, Garrik wonders about the existence of imaginary friends. A vague memory will initiate the search for Myu, his own invisible friend, for his forgotten childhood and for the clues to unveil the enigma of imagination, that mysterious ally of childhood.

Over the course of a season, seven young residents of a therapeutic community face a singular challenge: attempting their personal transformation. All of them carry life histories marked by deep family and social conflicts, by drug addiction and, in some cases, by links to crime.

D-Humanos is a choral project coordinated by Pablo Nisenson in which nine filmmakers participate and aim to reflect, in an equal number of short films, the state of human rights in Argentina today.

Francisco Javier de Amorrortu, 75, dedicates his days to a solitary struggle against ecosystem predators. He lives in what he considers to be his paradise on earth: "El Campito," located in Pilar, where he has managed to harmonize the schizophrenia that began to develop in his mid-life.