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Note of intent

The story of young Cabra and his sister Sandra, who drive through the Quebrada de Humahuaca in search for their father, is directly related to my own experience as a teenager. At the age of 17, in the middle of a period of personal confusion, I crossed this same canyon. Through the antagonism that takes shape between Cabra and his father, I want to deliver a coming-of-age story anchored in today’s Latin American reality.

Synopsis

Cabra is a rebellious teenager who lives with his sister in the Quebrada de Humahuaca, North of Argentina, near the Bolivian border. He has a dream, to become a professional dancer of malambo – the gauchos folkloric tap-dance, where the tapping of the feet imitate the trot of the horse.
While preparing for a very important dance contest, Cabra receives the unexpected visit of his father El Corto, a con who gained a permit to leave jail for a few days to visit his children.
El Corto takes Cabra and his sister on a journey along the roads of northern Argentina, where father and children meet again.
But El Corto hides a secret: he got out of jail to commit a robbery and buy his remission. While trying to discover what their father hides, Cabra and his sister find themselves involved in a violent hold-up and discover their father’s true nature.

Visual concept

The Humahuaca creek and its carnival are organic elements of this film. First, the carnival is both the background and a metaphor of the story, with the devil being freed while El Corto is on leave. The dormant landscape is brought to life by the celebrations.