Erasmo Olivera

In the summer of 1928, several inmates from the National Penitentiary in Buenos Aires managed to escape. The film narrates the fate of each of these runaways in search of their destiny - tough men with their own ethical codes and ready to do anything not to return to prison. Some of them will suffer violent deaths, while others manage de disappear. Sordid and moving stories, not excluding tenderness and love, mercy or horror sealed with a pact of prison love that will remain in the heart of Buenos Aires, as witness of the yearned-for freedom.

Sans emploi ni perspective, Cetarti mène une vie monotone à Buenos Aires. Lorsqu’il apprend la mort de sa mère et de son frère brutalement assassinés à Lapachito, une petite ville perdue de la province de Chaco, il part régler la succession. Là-bas, il fait la connaissance de Duarte, un ancien militaire qui règne sur la ville et a des accointances avec les assassins de sa famille. Duarte lui propose son aide pour récupérer l’argent de l’assurance vie. Les déboires de Cetarti à Lapachito commencent alors : pris dans la spirale violente des combines de Duarte, il sombre peu à peu dans un monde sans foi ni loi.

Un jeune homme en difficulté, Sebastian, trouve refuge dans une ferme appartenant à son père. Il est bientôt rejoint par Juan, quelqu'un que son père a envoyé pour l'épier. L'arrivée d'une jeune Danoise fera davantage monter la tension entre les deux protagonistes.

Two award-winning advertising creatives throw a party at their mansion and are surprised by a lumpen and his son who try to rob them to pay off their debts with a threatening moneylender

The film brings together the winners of the first edition of the Argentine National Film Board's (INCAA) annual public script competition, the grand prize of which is the budget to produce a short film. Eventually screened in national theaters, the omnibus film gave rise and recognition to a new generation of Argentine filmmakers known collectively as the New Argentine Cinema—a wave of contemporary filmmaking that began in the mid-1990s in reaction to decades of political and economic crises in the country.

Inspiré d’une histoire vraie - Buenos Aires, 1977. Des matons au service du gouvernement militaire argentin font irruption chez Claudio Tamburrini, un jeune gardien de but. Après une série d’accusations sans fondement, et un bref et violent interrogatoire, il est amené de force à la " Maison Seré ", un centre clandestin de détention. Dans cette maison du cauchemar, sans loi, ni logique, où des jeunes tentent de survivre en attendant que se décide leur destin, Claudio vit l’enfer. Comment résister aux interrogatoires, à la torture ? Comment ne pas donner des noms, livrer des innocents ? Comment rester un être humain ? Guillermo, un autre détenu, lui parle d’évasion. L’idée est impensable, impossible, mais c’est leur seul espoir. Après une tentative ratée, ils préparent leur fuite.

A judge falls from the roof of the Federal Courthouse. A woman is murdered. Between them and the three sons of the judge there is a connection that will be investigated by a woman judge who is determined to discover the truth.

After their humble dwelling is destroyed by a fire, a marginalized family occupies an abandoned house. From there, they dig a hole to the vault of a neighboring bank.

The story of a boy who lives in a humble neighborhood and has problems with a police commissioner. The backdrop is the Argentine crisis experienced in the Buenos Aires suburbs, and the first scene portrays the looting of a supermarket. The short was part of "Short Stories I" (1995).

Clara Goldstein is a lovely, middle-aged Jewish woman who, because of an impending visit from her American brother, is forced to create a contrived relationship with a man of her own faith. She places an ad in a personals column and meets Raul, a well-spoken, handsome and charming man whom she soon discovers is a Gentile and does not fulfill her reason for placing the ad. Having no alternative, Clara proceeds to instruct Raul with an intensive course in Judaism. Their journey is both humorous and captivating, but not without pitfalls. These two mature people risk a last chance at a meaningful relationship in their lives.

Fideo and Panta are two teenage rascals and thieves who dream of traveling to "the promised land", the United States. Rambling between good and evil, roc and tango, this is an action story turned romance when the two youngsters fall in love innocently, but face life with extraordinary maturity. Moving between haunting love scenes beneath starry skies and police chases, watch out…while these two might plan to steal your car radio, they will definitely steal your heart.

« El Pollo » est un orphelin de treize ans qui s'échappe d'une prison pour hommes dirigée par des hommes. Il est rapidement attrapé et se retrouve maintenant dans un pensionnat de redressement tenu par des femmes. Il doit faire face à des gardes sadiques et aux autres détenus.