On the morning of March 28, 1977, the famous composer Waldo de Los Ríos was found dead with two shotguns on his face. The notable documentary is a yarn that attempts to decipher all the secrets behind the public figure of the prestigious Argentine composer, based in Spain since 60s.
Along the documentary we will discover a life of fame, luxury, passion, homophobia, esotericism, depression, loneliness, an enigmatic suicide and his continuous oblivion.
Waldo was born into a musical family, his father was a musician who also committed suicide, and his mother Martha de los Ríos was a folk singer. Waldo worked with an eclectic range and formed a musical group called Los Waldos that united folk music with electronic sounds. In 1958 Waldo moved to the United States and in 1962 to Spain where he was hired by the powerful company Hispavox . De los Ríos composed a soundtrack for the film Pampa Salvaje (1966) in which he met his future wife Isabel Pisano. He arranged well-known classical music pieces and transformed them into pop music. In 1970, achieved internatinal success with the "Hymn to Joy" from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony sung by Miguel Ríos. In 1971 , Waldo arranged "Mozart's Symphony No. 40" getting a big hit as well.
A series of interviews depict us the character, style and way of life about the Master Waldo de los Rios, including as follows: Jeanette, Teddy Bautista, Karina, Miguel Ríos. Special mention should be made of the unforgettable scenes in which Waldo appears chatting with Chicho Ibáñez Serrador while they are creating the musical atmosphere for a soundtrack. In fact, Chicho and Waldo were creative colleagues -in a similar relationship to that fostered between Morricone and Leone. So Waldo composed all of Serrador's television and film works from "Historias para no dormir", "La Residencia", "Quien puede matar a un niño", with the exception for "Historia de la Frivolidad", which was composed by Augusto Alguero.
Finally, the documentary offers a series of theories on the cause of Waldo's suicide, whether it was the perpetual control of his bossy mother, depression, loneliness, the separation from his beloved wife Isabel Pisano, for which he felt guilty, or his feelings of reproach for his hidden homosexuality, which he deeply regretted.
