El triunfo

A deracinated part of the city sometime in the 1980s is home to Nen and his friends Palito, Topo and Tostao. The district is ruled by ex-mercenaries Gandhi, Fontán and Andrade, who are engaged in a struggle for supremacy. Nen is interested in music and dreams of a career as a rumba musician. All that he knows about his father, El Guacho, is that he was a fabulous rumba singer. But now, he is forced to learn the truth about his idol's sudden disappearance. Once he hears about the connection between his mother Chata and Gandhi, the big man in the district, he understands why his father was suddenly no longer around. Nen has to learn to find a balance bet­ween his thirst for revenge and his goal to become a musician. (Berlinale)