Luis Armesto

In Argentina, between 1982 and 1985, the Puccios, a well-established family of San Isidro, an upper-class suburb of Buenos Aires, kidnap several people and hold them as hostages for a ransom.

Two con artists try to swindle a stamp collector by selling him a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps, the "nine queens".

Eloísa is an elderly woman and a widow who runs a children's soup kitchen with her friend. Juan, his grandson, lacks the presence of his parents, uses cocaine, steals money from his family, his sister suffers from eating disorders and became obsessed with his neighbor across the street, Inés, whom he harasses on the phone.

Carmelo, who is 30-years old and extremely shy, finds it difficult to reveal his innermost feelings to Verónica, his co-worker. Carmelo's world collapses when he finds out that she intends to get married soon. Accidentally, she spots him demonstrating in a gay rally where he becomes a leader of that cause. Of course, Verónica assumes that Carmelo is gay, and he takes adv antage of this misunderstanding.