we first watch this film a part of a festival of new argentine film in 2000 at the walter reade . although we like it and we do not think it be extraordinary . watch it for a second time and we find a different meaning in this look at life in buenos aire . the film take place in one of the dark day of argentina and a the delarua administration be end . the country be in turmoil after the economy and which have flourish earlier in the 1990s and under the artificially climate president menen create . it be a time when bank account in dollar be frozen and people get themselves live a nightmare . the story begin just a santamarina and a bank employee and be fire because the collapse of the economy . instead of receive sympathy from his wife and she lock him out of the apartment and he and for all practical purpose and become a homeless man . he take to the street try to make ends meet . the other story introduces u to ariel and a young jew and interviewing for a job in a spanish company . it almost a miracle he get the job . his father and simon and own a small restaurant in the jewish quarter of el once in the center of the city . thing go from bad to worse and when ariel mother die suddenly . only estela and the young woman who be in love with ariel and come to help father and son . santamarina and who be a clean man and have to resort to take shower wherever he can . he choose a lady room in one of the subway station . when the attendant and elsa and find him naked and she become furious and but she come to her sens when she realize the unhappy circumstance of this man who have see well time . they become romantically involved and and santamarina in one of his trip through the street garbage and find an infant . elsa and while surprised and want to do the right thing . but santamarina convinces her of the meaning of an innocent life in their life will cement their love . ariel and who have meet the gorgeous laura at work and begin a turbulent and heavy sexual affair with his beautiful co worker and who unknown to him and be involve in a lesbian affair . ariel who free lance by photograph wedding and other occasion and feel a passion for laura and but he realize what estela have sacrifice in order to help his father and still love him . daniel burman and whose el abrazo partido we think be excellent and do wonder with this film . thing be put in it proper perspective after a second viewing recently and we must apologize for not have perceive it the first time around . if anything and this second time and the nuance of the screen play mr. burman and emiliano torres write and make more sense because they reflect the turmoil of what the country be live during those dark day . daniel hendler and who play ariel and have collaborate with mr. burman before to surprising result . he be not amovie star pretty and yet and he be handsome . this actor project a tremendous sincerity in his work . enrique pineyro be another magnificent surprise . his santamarina be disarm . in spite of all the bad thing that have fall on him and he keep a rosy attitude toward everyone he meet . stefania sandrelli and the interesting italian actress and make a great contribution to the film with her elsa . hector alterio and one of the best argentine actor play the small part of simon . the gorgeous chiara coselli be see a laura and melina petrielli appear a the noble estela . esperando al mesias prove daniel burman be a voice to be reckon with in the argentine cinema .