María Mendive

"Los Ciclos" follows the life of Maria, from her first menstruation to her last, revealing her life experience and that of the women in her family who preceded and succeeded her, through the emotions that course through their bodies.

When middle-class parents Alicia and Gonzalo get their son Fer into an elite secular school, their quest to secure his future quickly exposes their own deep desire for upper-class status, wealth, and social prestige.

After being a victim of rape within their own home, Diana chooses to keep the trauma secret. Mario, her husband, also has something to hide. The silence takes the couple's account over the day turns gradually into a peculiar form of violence.

Anina Yatay Salas is a ten-year-old whose name spells trouble: those three palindromes in a row are an ongoing source of teasing at school. When a playground fight results in mysterious punishment, Anina will learn to put her problems in perspective and empathize with others in this sweet little daydream of a tale.

Ela returns to her country to reconnect with friends and herself. Disoriented, she must choose between the unattainable love, that of the Brazilian singer with whom she has fallen in love from a distance, and her real love, the one that she has just found in Noé.

An unrepenitent Don Juan, an introverted buddy, their girlfriends, and the women they have their eyes on—all mix in the nightlife of Montevideo.