Ojos de Madera

Marcel Keoroglian, a public figure in Uruguay thanks to his works in carnival, television, radio and cinema, has at home eighteen records of the 1949 carnival that have never been heard. These records were recorded by José Goglian, an Armenian immigrant, who in the 1940s lived in Villa del Cerro (a Montevidean neighborhood made up of many immigrant groups) and who invited his neighbour carnival musicians to his apartment to record them with a phonograph. This documentary is focused on Marcel's passionate bond with the murga genre, as he writes the lyrics for a group that is preparing for the next carnival, while looking for a way to revive the music of these albums that awaited sixty-eight years to be heard.

A box with no addressee or sender arrives at an office awakening the desire of the employees to get hold of it.

In a city besieged by the wind and the cold, Irma, an old dressmaker living in a flat where the heating is broken, will take the initiative to do something for all her neighbours.

A rural worker suffers an accident and understands that in a few minutes he is going to die. In absolute solitude and surrounded by a natural environment indifferent to his tragedy, he will face, without drama, the fact that these are his last minutes of life and nothing he can do to modify that destiny. Based on a story by Horacio Quiroga.

Two old crime partners meet again. One of them just got out of jail and is looking for a new gig, while the other one now has a legitimate business. They go to catch up at a bar while Peñarol plays the final of the 1987 Copa Libertadores de América.

A divorced taxi driver shows up with a black eye at the home of his ex-wife’s new family; he’s been invited to dinner and he desperately wants to reconnect with his young daughter. A professional magician’s car breaks down and he ends up spending an emotionally intense night with a young, widowed toll booth worker. A singer-songwriter serving a lengthy prison sentence is released for one night to perform at a local community centre. These three deeply engaging stories about yearning for connection unfold in parallel, one New Year’s Eve in a small town in central Uruguay, balancing the universality of human suffering with a powerful sense of hope.