Smiles of Sad Men

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Strike The superficial Felix wants to seduce Bella. When he is visited by his odd, handicapped cousin Jerry, he first thinks that everything should go to waste. But then he realizes that Jerry can be a way to get Bella's attention.

(Im)perfetti Criminali Riccardo, Amir, Pietro and Massimo, four security guards, not particularly brilliant or courageous, are bound by an indissoluble friendship. When Amir, who has a large family to support, loses his job, the other three feel called to help him at any cost. Going from a bad idea to an impromptu criminal plan, the four friends will find themselves in a whirlwind of encounters, adventures and pitfalls, but also some surprises. Because our heroes still have more than one trick up their sleeve…

Extreme Rescue Reliving the same day, two people who are imprisoned in a time-loop vow to save their beloved from a deadly fate.

Veo-veo 16mm black & white with ending in colour. A fantasy about the origin of colour in the world. It was filmed at the dunes of Miramar's vivarium. The actor in the film, José Luis Leduc was disappeared years later by Videla's dictatorship. As of today, the film is listed as not available or lost.

The Treadmill A tormented Emma, runs on her treadmill while doing online counseling, deluding herself to escape from her past. This balance will break when, after twenty-six years, her younger sister bursts in with an unsustainable request.

I Live in a Zoo The story of the childhood of two dancing boys in an estate with cranes, camels and a pet wolf. A modern landowner built a little world in his native village, where there is everything. A coach comes to him to teach his adopted children Caucasian dances. However, in the eyes of a visitor, family life merges with a huge zoo that surrounds this place.

Sueo feliz... Short film in 16mm colour, silent. A young lady arrives in Miramar and meets a man. They visit different places. It was financed by the Tourism Commision of General Alvarado. It was musicalized with fragments from the LP "Percusión de Locura". It is currently listed as not available or lost.

The Dream #9-2380 (IK-6) The film from a correctional colony explores the theme of self-awareness of a person in captivity. The director shows the prison from an unexpected angle. This is a hypnotizing, oneiric vision. There is no moralizing here. The author is interested in a person and the most precious thing he has - his dreams and his reality. The film contains documentary footage from a correctional colony (a plastic recycling workshop and a residential block), mounted with a monologue of a prisoner in order to understand what is happening with human reality on the other side of the fence.

Kargokult In the city of Kargopol, Arkhangelsk region, a bust of Stalin was dug out of the ground in 2020. Some of the residents wanted to put it on the central square of the city, and some strongly opposed this idea. The city split into pieces. The fact that in 1937 a GULAG camp was opened in Kargopol also played a role. More than 12,000 prisoners felled the forest here and mined peat. The film gives both sides a chance to speak.