Fernando Madanes

A photographer shoots a documentary film in a small town in Argentina (Uribelarrea) about the filming that a foreign producer is doing on the spot.

To continue pretending to be a position they no longer have, a run-down upper-class family moves into the home of a wealthy aunt.

One night, Tomás, a hotel manager with a criminal past, confronts a guest playing loud music in the lobby, who claims to be waiting for her lover. He soon learns his former criminal group, led by his brother, wants to capture her to force the lover -apparently hiding in the hotel- to appear. In an effort to protect this unknown woman, Tomás faces the past he's tried to escape.