Emelco

A rancher makes a pact with the devil to achieve happiness and love.

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 woman and a winning ticket bring a neighborhood boy to the center.

Two men fight for a woman.

A repressed woman, unable to give love, is possessed by the spirit of her lewd grandmother.

A man is frustrated his date of love when he finds a newly married friend in his apartment

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.

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.

A young widow goes to a marriage agency where she is introduced to three hired suitors who end up falling in love with her.

The beautiful wife of a mediocre and good-natured butcher falls in love with a cerebral philosophy professor who little by little reveals to her a horizon that conflicts with her innocence.

In exchange for the life of a Norwegian fisherman, a bankrupt industrialist gives his soul to the devil.

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.

A man from humble origins becomes a famous boxer, but fame has its price.

In 1830, a young orphan lady poses as a man in order to meet the expectations of her uncle.

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.

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 runaway bride poses as a married woman and mother of twins to woo a suitor who only falls in love with married women.

A young horse breeder will show his grandfather how they can adapt to the times and prove his theory.