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In January 2011, Leila Guerriero travelled to a small town in the interior of Argentina to tell the story of a dance competition: the Laborde National Malambo Festival. The malambo is a traditional dance of the Argentinian gauchos and the festival ends with the crowning of a champion.
We have all seen that documentary in which gnus migrate in search of fresh pastures and are forced to cross a river infested with crocodiles. Every year the herd crosses this river, but not without leaving behind some of its members: thanks to these victims, who satisfy the crocodiles' hunger, the herd can continue on its way.
This is the story of Ana, or rather a fragment of her life observed through a zoom shot. But to understand her story properly, it's necessary to rewind a little to the day her neighbour Antonio broke his leg, and so had to give up his job as Father Christmas in Toby's department store. Or perhaps a bit further, to the moment when the family began to suffer financial problems.
The old rock stars don't have it easy. And if you don't believe this, try telling it to Iván Uturría. Forty years old, his life is a shambles. He's been fired from a job he hates, his girlfriend has chucked him out and to top it all off, no one knows how to pronounce his surname right. Iván settles down in the house of the only friends he's got left, waiting for a solution to fall from the sky.
¡Uno, pequeño y libre! is the tough, emotive story of a boy of 9 who is kidnapped by strangers at the gates of his school. They take him far away and sell him to a couple who cannot have children of their own.