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La importancia de las cosas
Mario Menkell’s peaceful existence —a shy university professor author of one successful novel— suddenly changes when he has to take custody of the personal belongings of his tenant, Fernando Montalvo, who has just committed suicide. The suffering Menkell will find out that the apartment which he owns is full of colourful objects: a cigar-band collection, a bunch of old-fashion jukeboxes, porcelains, tin soldiers… After the initial confusion, Menkell will realize that Montalvo’s things can be a generous nod of Fate, which for once seems to have taken his side. Helped by Beatriz, the woman he has secretly loved for years, Mario Menkell will be capable of rebuilding Fernando Montalvo’s mysterious existence and will thus find an exceptional story which can offer him the greatest opportunity of his life.