The beautiful wife of a geologist frantically searches for her missing husband and is haunted by a man who bears a striking resemblance to him.

An aging slacker finds his comfortable status quo and family dynamic disrupted when his ex-wife and her current partner decide to move from Argentina to Paraguay and take his children with them.

充满暴力、毫无幸福可言的黑暗家庭，最终让13岁的小男孩（Abel Ayala 饰）逃离并沦落街头。他流连于火车站前，靠模仿探戈歌手El Polaco赚取生活。不久，他爱上了16岁的雏妓（Marina Glezer 饰）。他俩连同一帮未成年的小偷、乞丐、妓女都在一个黑道人物雷戈（Rolly Serrano 饰）的控制之下。渴望幸福的男孩决定带着爱人逃离这残酷无望的生活，而这点奢求又谈何容易…… 本片根据真实事件改编，并荣获2004年阿根廷影评人协会最佳女主角奖和最佳摄影奖、2003年蒙特利尔国际电影节最佳女主角奖、2004年纽约电影节最佳男主角奖。

2002 film by Alejandro Agresti