Aurelio Saravia is a powerful politician who holds office in Uruguay in the mid-1960's. When Aurelio's mistress kills herself, he adopts their illegitimate daughter Masangeles despite the stern objections of his wife Aurora. Masangeles finds herself growing up in a home ruled by a corrupt and...
Four stories of normal Montevideans like you and me, but with one thing in common: bad luck. One figure, the master of the ceremony, ties stories together commenting on the failures of those four people, as he tries to make his fortune on a slot-machine.
Victim of a psychopathological setback after an accident, the wife of a postman has no other interest than reading the mail that her husband has to deliver. With his behavior, he manages to intervene in the lives of those who write those letters, which causes unforeseen consequences. A kind of...
