Ileana Matamoros

An eccentric delivery girl and a shy Chinese cook start a touching friendship around her passion for salsa.

They say that when they give you a name, they also assign you a destiny. The director of this documentary inherited hers from an aunt who died very young and whom she did not know. Through an 8mm film from 1962 and interviews with those who knew her, she will try to reveal her secrets and recognize herself a little more.

During the curfew decreed by the Covid-19 pandemic in Guayaquil, Junior (25), a small trafficker from the northern area, must learn to sell pork to pay child support.

On a warm evening, Nuria tells her elderly blind mother stories as they lie in a hammock, the radio cutting in and out and the wind blowing the curtains in the pale candle light - Is it all a strange dream?