The South

After the end of the military dictatorship in Argentina in 1983, Floreal is released from prison. Instead of returning to his wife, he wanders through the night of Buenos Aires. He meets some people from his past–most of which are only imaginary–and remembers the events of his imprisonment.

Cast

Miguel Ángel Solá

as Floreal Echegoyen

Philippe Léotard

as Roberto

Lito Cruz

as El Negro

Roberto Goyeneche

as Amado

Ulises Dumont

as Emilio

Gabriela Toscano

as Blondi

Mario Lozano

as Echegoyen

Nathán Pinzón

as Rasatti

Antonio Ameijeiras

as Peregrino

Inés Molina

as María

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