A look at the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, form his early childhood days in Argentina to his becoming Pope Francis.
This award-winning film by André Melançon -- set on a ranch on the pampas of Argentina -- tells the story of three children spending a summer with their grandfather. The youngest, Felipe, makes friends with a puppy; his older brother, Daniel, breaks and train his first horse; their 13-year-old sister, Laura, struggles with the transition between childhood and growing up. The kids find it difficult to adapt to their proud and stubborn grandfather, and he learns that he has to change his ways and try to understand them as they all experience the joys and sorrows of growing up and growing old. ~ Alice Duncan, Rovi
Pedro, a Falklands veteran, cannot forget the days when he was in the trenches, nor can he forget Raúl, his best friend, who stayed forever in that desolate place of nightmares.
Manuel, a teenager from Buenos Aires, accompanies his father, a successful businessman always too busy, to his grandfather's house in the country. The father has some serious problems to solve in the factory he owns there and the boy spends his time with the old man, learns some unpleasant truths about his father's ethics and finally finds out that even his grandad is not what he believed him to be. He finally meets Clara a local girl he establishes a relationship with and who also gives him the opportunity to understand how very few things are stable in life.
The story is centered on the human drama of three young people from a small town in Traslasierra, Córdoba, who from very different ideological places, are forever transformed by the war in Malvinas Argentinas (Falkland Islands).
A plastic artist is discharged from a rehabilitation where she was admitted for drugs and surménage. She is going to live alone in an old family house in the mountains, where the noises and the strange things that happen test her weakened nerves. She becomes suspicious of the few inhabitants of the place, who seem to be creating a world of conspiracies against her. Fantastic events end up showing that sensitive people can look out and see a world that is not ours, at the risk of their lives.
The story focuses on the life of a couple and their twin sons, one of whom begins to show that he identifies as a girl. From this, Gabriela, the mother, will try to understand the situation of her son who soon becomes a trans girl, thus beginning a struggle for the rights and gender identity of Luana , who will also have to face the rejection of her father Guillermo.
Nicky, an accomplished con artist, gets romantically involved with his disciple Jess but later ends their relationship. Years later, she returns as a femme fatale to spoil his plans.
After an accident on the road, Jimena accepts the help of Sergio, the only inhabitant of the area. But upon discovering the dark secret he hides, she must fight for her life and face the darkness awakening within her.
Four independent short stories but they have in common that they happen in Buenos Aires during legislative elections. A candidate for deputy, Carlos Celestini floods the city with his image and can be seen in each of the stories.