A gambling addiction spirals into marital chaos in 1950s Buenos Aires — nobody wins.
Julio works for an accounting firm, at the beginning of the '50s. Celina, his wife, married him without knowing that he was addicted to gambling. This problem leads him to increasingly denigrating situations. Celina, who has lost contact with her upper-class world, meets a friend from the past again and meets Alberto, who seduces her. Little by little, Julio enters into an irreversible debacle.
Acting
Navarro's crumbling dignity is quietly devastating.
Production
Evocative 1950s Buenos Aires atmosphere on minimal budget.
Director
Javier Torre
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Javier Torre is better known as an actor in Argentine television; this remains one of his few feature directorial efforts.
The film captures a specific post-Perónist Argentine middle-class anxiety — respectability politics crumbling alongside one man's luck.
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