The Motive 2017
Álvaro, a man obsessed with the idea of writing what he brands as “high literature,” manipulates the lives and feelings of the people around him to write about the consequences caused by his devious acts.
Álvaro, a man obsessed with the idea of writing what he brands as “high literature,” manipulates the lives and feelings of the people around him to write about the consequences caused by his devious acts.
Buenos Aires, Argentina. Pablo, a screenwriter, is hired to write a new romantic comedy.
Colombo works at a 24-hour parking lot and tops up his measly wages by selling weed. Mario is a lawyer and a keen birdwatcher, but unfortunately for him, he is unable to drive due to a past accident. Mario offers to pay Colombo to drive him from Valencia to a lake in the Costa Brava (Spain), where he wants to see some cranes. When they reach the lake, the lawyer tells him that the birds have changed their migratory route and are now going to nest in the Danube delta in Constanza (Romania). Mario needs to get there, and Colombo needs the money. Neither of them is aware of the other’s story, but at that moment, a new and definitive journey starts for both of them.
After thirty years, Nina decides to return to the seaside town where she grew up to confront the man who changed her life and to whom the town now pays homage. The reunion with her origins, with her memories and with Blas, a childhood friend, will make her question whether revenge is the only way.
A Spaniard in Argentina becomes aware of his approaching death while staying at a hospital, so he decides to run away from Buenos Aires and start a trip up North, heading nowhere in particular.
During his 48-hour leave from prison, Andrés meets his inseparable group of friends for a weekend of partying and reflection on freedom and identity.
Guatemala, in the 80s. The worst days of the Civil war. Andrés is 9 years old. He lives with Pedro González, one of the men who massacred all the women and children in his village. Andrés has survived, but he's scared. Pedro's wife, María, is also scared, scared to go out, scared to lose Andrés, whom she considers as "her new son" - even Pedro is scared, scared of himself and what the Army bounds him to do. Andrés would like to run away but he also wants to stay in his new family - until his sister appears.
A sucesseful doctor gets involved in an extramarital affair he can't escape.
Jenifer is adopted, lives in Spain and has been searching her entire life for her biological mother, whom she only knows was separated after the eruption of Nevado del Ruiz in Colombia. When she turns thirty, she intensifies her investigations, which leads her to meet a mother who denies being one, several who were not allowed to be one, and other people who claim to know her.