Myriam Gleijer

Uruguay 1966. Aurelio Saavedra, un politicien influent, ramène chez lui Masángeles, sa fille illégitime, après le suicide de sa mère. Aurora, sa femme, ne s’en remettra jamais. Masángeles réalise que dans cette maison de fous égoïstes, elle doit s’adapter pour survivre, tandis qu’au dehors, le pays souffre d’une guerre civile entre des guérilleros amateurs et des militaires cruels. Face à cette situation, chaque membre de la famille adopte une position différente

Four stories of normal Montevideans like you and me, but with one thing in common: bad luck. One figure, the master of the ceremony, ties stories together commenting on the failures of those four people, as he tries to make his fortune on a slot-machine.

Victim of a psychopathological setback after an accident, the wife of a postman has no other interest than reading the mail that her husband has to deliver. With his behavior, he manages to intervene in the lives of those who write those letters, which causes unforeseen consequences. A kind of disturbing psychological thriller