Gardel: el hombre y el mito

Joan Manuel Serrat fled to Mexico when Franco ordered his persecution. In Argentina and Chile, his commitment against military regimes is still remembered. Joaquín Sabina arrived later. His poetry bewitched the audience. In Argentina, he is a tango singer as much as a rocker; in Mexico, the mariachis sing their songs. The former is a symbol, a venerated figure; the latter is a “cuate,” as they say in Mexico, a buddy with whom you can always count.

Paloma Efrón, better known as "Blackie", was one of the most outstanding Argentine women of the 20th century, especially for her contributions to the development of television. Few know about his beginnings as a jazz singer or his forays into cinema and theater. This documentary seeks to remember her long career, evoking her through one of her most outstanding skills: conversation.

María Elena Walsh forever revolutionized the language and imagination of children's shows. But very few know the importance of his works for adults, his political convictions against dictatorships and his defense of women's rights. Topics addressed by this work that covers the main conflicts experienced in his personal and professional life. From his adolescence as a precocious poet in an oppressive society, until his later years, after leaving the stage during the last Argentine military government.

Susana Rinaldi has earned a place of honor in the world of tango. Her love for literature and words led her first to the theater and then to tango and its poets. We travel through her life through archival images, while her voice guides us with readings of selected tangos and authors.

A story about how children from the different countries can be united with the help of music.

The story of two friends who met on the eve of their fiftieth birthday: musician Astor Piazzolla and architect José Pons. They never imagined that their friendship would change their lives forever.

When Larry and Maria learn that their respective spouses are cheating on them, they try to turn the tables on them by pretending to have an affair. However, they soon find themselves falling in love.

The story of the wars of independence in Northern Argentina during the 19th Century.

In 1956, a military-civilian coup against the self-appointed Liberating Revolution fails, and in José León Suárez, Argentina, several suspects believed to be part of the civil uprising are murdered. However, seven people survive and manage to tell the story.

A typical office employee decides one day rebelling against its routine and not going to work because it has a "lazy". His family, friends and colleagues are trying to dissuade him unsuccessfully at the beginning. But as time passed his situation complicated emotional and economically. These circumstances thwart his rebelliousness.

A once prominent family fight each other over the inheritance of a run down mansion. Motivated by individual greed, they turn on one another until they unite to subdue a stranger prone to violence. Outwardly the family retains respectability and their name is not sullied, but irreparable harm is done to the unit and mutual trust is shattered in the wake of the events that transpire.

A story about a little boy who grows a pair of wings on his back, giving him the appearance of an angel. The boy draws the attention of his community including doctors, scientists and schoolmates. The wings are surgically removed but eventually they grow back.

A comedy about a young girl who gets pregnant on a traditional Argentinean family.

Patoruzito travels to Buenos Aires to represent their race into a national holiday, and there is a mansion where a witch tries to make a fairy prisoner.

Set in Argentina in 1965, the story follows the tumultuous relationship between two men who became lovers and ultimately ruthless bank robbers in a notoriously famous footnote in the annals of crime history. After a large-scale hold-up that turns bloody, the two men must flee. It is not long before the police are surrounding the building they are in and they must confront their demons to survive.

A terrifying story based on a fact occurred in Buenos Aires, early 1967. Reported in "La Nación" and all the other newspapers, after the death of a woman interned at the Instituto de Detención para Mujeres. Doctor Vallejos, the magistrate in charge of the inquest, gets enmeshed in personal intrigue, organized corruption, lust and vice in which apparently all the penitentiary personnel and an organized gang of dangerous inmates are involved, operating within the prison itself.

Film that includes three short films by different authors about love: "O pacto" by Eduardo Coutinho, "Terrible Night" by Rodolfo Kuhn, and "Magic World" by Helvio Soto.

A group of musicians, prostitutes, gamblers, and laborers, react to the arrival of a tango pianist at a saloon.

A strange character wanders through a surreal world, while thinking about past and present loves in this music video, part of Tute's Canciones Dibujadas project.

A parade of musical paintings that includes fragments of Argentine films and a Proartel television program that Channel 13 broadcast in 1965.

Lucia is a girl of about 30 years, vital, attractive and successful. Live intensely all day despite not having a very happy past. One morning, in the midst of a busy day, receives a mysterious letter. Mindful of the received and true to their character and desires, thinks it's time to leave and start the fundamental quest of her life.

After spending four years in a psychiatric clinic and with a strong phobia of fire, Laura is discharged. However, a perimeter fence prevents him from seeing his daughter Sofía, with whom he strongly wants to rebuild a bond. Laura will gain the tools and strength necessary to unravel her past, overcome her fears and try to recover her daughter.