ARIEL Back to Buenos Aires is the story of a brother and sister who return to the country of their birth, Argentina, for the first time in their adult lives. Against the backdrop of glamorous tango clubs of Buenos Aires, they uncover dark family secrets and the reason for their parents' emigration to Canada.
Drama
Christina
Christina, a young woman with Down syndrome, is tired of being coddled by her mother. She has her own life and deserves privacy. And she doesn’t appreciate wearing the same cutesy hair clip as the dog, thank you very much.
Lately, however, Christina’s mom has been acting strange. She can't remember names, and she keeps forgetting to pack lunches. Though Christina longs for space, she finds her presence more crucial to her mother than ever as their codependent relationship is altered by illness.
Alex’s Machine
Alex is the only girl in her "automotive biomechanics" class. For her degree, she has chosen to build an engine made of artificial flesh. One night, Chloé, who shares her boarding school room, discovers that Alex takes a singular pleasure in working on her living machine…
Out of the blue
Instead of enjoying her vacations in a peaceful peninsula of Turkey, Anna feels stuck in a strange torpor, while her boyfriend, Thomas, doesn't seem to notice it at all. Later in the afternoon, when a little girl suddenly disappears on the beach, Anna awakens and decides to go and find her, despite the unknown and the nightfall.
Impatient Pains
On night watch in the psychiatric emergency room. Lisa, a young intern devoted to her patients, is torn between her humanist commitments and the mighty hospital administration.
On my way
Granny died today. After years of marriage, Hubert is alone for the first time, tired and diminished. This toilet roll is always too far. Léonie his grand daughter comes in order to help him. Oppressed by the adults fussing around the best idea is maybe this old good whiskey bottle.