Desperate to support his family, an unemployed man is linked to a criminal who hides his past.

Ciudad sin luz

Three stories located in the decade of the 60 in the city of Santa Fe, Argentina. Juan José Saer paints typical characters of a city counties and depicts a time of political and cultural effervescence.

Cicatrices

A manager of a Santa Fe bank, who apparently leads a normal life with his wife, actually has a lover in Paraná, as well as a terrible relationship with his father, a retired military man who became an executive of a multinational in Buenos Aires.

Gerente en dos ciudades

Federico, shaped by a generation that believed it possible to bring about utopia, tries to survive the changes of the 21st century, but is trapped in a dead end street. Herman, his friend and revolutionary companion , mutilated by war injuries, finds a way to express his ideals, struggles and hopes through painting. With his young son, he retires to the countryside, where Flora, a pragmatic and generous woman, helps with the household and the raising of his son. Herman dies from a long standing illness. Federico, forced by his friend, made a death bed promise to care for Daniel. Hope is not a utopia that is reached through a specific action. Federico learns at Daniel's side that the future, like love, is not conquered but fashioned day.