Buenos Aires. It rains. Alma is in her car, stuck in Buenos Aires' traffic. She has recently broken-up with her boyfriend, and she has been living in her little car since then. Suddenly, Roberto gets into the car. He's wet and hurt, he's tired of the rain, of broken dreams. He has come back after thirty years abroad. In this new city he has nothing and nobody, just a father in coma, whom he has no relationship. He promises to leave the car as soon as the rain ceases. Alma, not knowing exactly why lets him in. That night will be different. And the next few days too. There's something new to find in the depth of their hearts.
Acting
Bertuccelli's wordless breakdowns hit harder than monologues
Cinematography
Rain-soaked Buenos Aires becomes suffocating third character
Direction
Hernández lets silences breathe like nobody's business
Director
Paula Hernández
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Argentina's 'New Argentine Cinema' wave — gritty urban stories over glossy melodrama. Hernández emerged from documentary, which explains the hyper-real traffic jams.
Shot during actual Buenos Aires floods — some car scenes weren't scripted, the cast literally couldn't leave. Method filmmaking by accident.
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