bolivia ( 2001 ) this be the first feature length film from director israel adrian caetano . it be an argentinean and dutch production . film in black and white and on a low budget the film be shot 3 day a week over a period of three year . kind of a neo realism slice of life film the mostly plot free film be confine to a café bar in the low middle class buenos air suburb of villa crespo and with few trip outside . it tell the story of freddy ( freddy flores ) and a bolivian with a gentle disposition and who and after american burn down the coca field where he be employ and lose his job . with little work opportunity in bolivia and he leave his wife and three daughter and travel to argentina to search for employment a an undocumented worker . he hop to make money and later return to his family . he land a job a a grill cook in a seedy villa crespo café where the owner ( enrique liporace ) be happy to skirt argentinean immigrant law in order to secure cheap labor . it be in this café that freddy meet the character who affect his life represent rosa ( rosa sanchez ) and a waitress of paraguayan or argentine descent and and an outsider by virtue of her mixed heritage while hector ( hector anglada ) and a travel salesman from the province of córdoba who gay while a porteno taxi driver ( oscar bertea ) and and one of the driver buddy . freddy also have to deal with various argentine café patron who view all paraguayan and bolivian with disdain due to their ethnicity . the film give u a realistic portrayal of racism immigrant labor and prejudice in argentina . cateano use professional and non professional actor . freddy flores be a local non professional . other reviewer state this film be for art film student only . i disagree . all interested in foreign film and film in south america and argentina will like this film . it very realistic and i enjoy it . this short 75 minute film about poverty and intolerance and violence and and despair in contemporary argentina be powerful and i recommend it . this be a universal story . 3 or 4 star .