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Benjamin Esposito is a legal counselor who, together with his assistant Sandoval and his superior Irene Menéndez-Hasting, works hard to investigate the murder of a young lady. The investigation becomes complicated when a Romano, a rival legal counselor, works against them. Jose Luis Campanella does a tremendous job of intertwining a love story between the two main characters, together with a crime thriller. As a means of telling the story, the director switches from past to present and present to past, each time revealing a new aspect of each storyline. Throughout the movie it is easy to focus on the crime thriller storyline and think that it is the only thing going on. However, through subtle looks in the eyes of the main characters we are able to see that there is love brewing up in them and that this will become a main theme in no time. The film is filled with cinematographic beauty and technique and certainly proves itself to be one of the best movies ever made in the history of Argentina.

A group of people from a neighborhood come together in the midst of their many troubles in order to attempt saving a sports and social club which they have been a part of for most of their lives. Things get complicated as the economy takes a hit and people fight through their own struggles on the side. Juan Jose Campanella places us, the viewers, right in the middle of the many problems which exist in the lives of all the people who share the commonality of being on the board of the CLA. Each one of the characters is both emotionally torn due to family or relationship issues, and in big financial need. Although the club is a large part of the reason for so much financial instability, it also seems to serve as the fountain of energy and inspiration for all of the characters. The story demonstrates clearly how society has changed and how difficult it is to move past economical issues, even when it means throwing a lifelong tradition to the side. Furthermore, it does paint a beautiful picture of finding hope and passion in the memory of how things used to be and how they could be once again with some time investment and sacrifice.

Ariel Makaroff is a young Argentine man who has left the university and spends his time around his mother's lingerie shop in a mall. The whole time he bums around, his mind is set on getting a passport and moving to Poland, from where his family moved many years ago. The movie has a very simple and comedic plot line which involves Ariel and all the people he encounters in any given day. Throughout the movie, Daniel Burman makes it clear that running is a motif which is very present. We observe Ariel running in at least three separate scenes, each representing his discomfort with certain situations and his inability to cope with certain truths. Apart from this artistic touch, the director includes different cinematographic techniques involving the camera which make the production a lot more respectable. These techniques intertwine fabulously with the clever and witty story which he tells by way of the many different secondary characters which surround Ariel. The film also has several twists which are completely unexpected and which add much humor and spontaneity to the story, making it more enjoyable for the audience.