The sometimes profound, sometimes slightly sordid tale of Elena, a famous concert pianist who, as a child, was sexually assaulted by a circus clown while the music of Manuel de Falla "Ritual Dance of Fire" could be heard from the circus tent. Since that time, Elena has gone into hysterics every time she hears that composition. Making matters worse, the lascivious clown is now her business manager.
A rancher makes a pact with the devil to achieve happiness and love.
Two sisters struggle to get out of a Buenos Aires suburb, where debts with a loan shark have kept them apart. But soon the inhabitants of the neighborhood forget their differences before the appearance of an epidemic.
A famous singer falls in love with the owner of a hostel where he is employed in incognito.
The protagonist commits a crime and abandons his brother, on whom the shadow of suspicion falls, to avoid punishment. In his escape he meets for the first time the emotion of a true love, but fatality takes it upon himself, pushing him back onto the criminal path.
To investigate a robbery, a journalist embarks on the maiden voyage of a ship that will never take place
A young widow goes to a marriage agency where she is introduced to three hired suitors who end up falling in love with her.
A man is frustrated his date of love when he finds a newly married friend in his apartment
Two men fight for a woman.
A repressed woman, unable to give love, is possessed by the spirit of her lewd grandmother.
Tango musician moves to France to put an unhappy love affair behind him. Inspired by the life of tango composer Eduardo Arolas.
A high society woman discovers a fiery romantic letter in a raincoat pocket seemingly written by a rumba dancer to the woman’s doctor husband. He tries to cover by saying that the letter is addressed to a more conservative friend of his, leading to rumours of his friend’s (supposed) incredible passion becoming intriguing to the local women, even the Doctor’s own jealous wife.
A couple splits up and gets married to other people. After the man dies, the woman becomes delirious and thinks she's found him again in heaven.
Several individual stories converge in the imposing setting of the southernmost tip of the continent, all of them involving a crisis of faith. Most of the important situations in the film are based on real episodes, such as the massacre of indigenous people perpetrated by the landowners in the area.
A humble employee is believed to be responsible for the dishonest actions of his colleagues.
A mythomaniac woman rejects her humble status and falls in the trap of a wealthy lawyer.
After the May Revolution occurred, a young man abandoned his royalist uncle and became a drummer for the revolutionary army and his father's guide.
In 1830, a young orphan lady poses as a man in order to meet the expectations of her uncle.
The life of the famous poet Evaristo Carriego (1883-1912), who lived in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Palermo and who painted the customs of the people of those years like no one else.
