1981 GOD, BUENOS-AYRES Argentina vo vlasti voyennoy diktatury. Inspektor politsii Khoakin Al'sada yezhednevno stalkivayetsya s realiyami zhizni pri repressivnom rezhime i mnozhestvom napugannykh i otchayavshikhsya lyudey. Samyye trudnyye dela — o propavshikh lyudyakh, ikh s kazhdym dnem stanovitsya vse bol'she. Al'sada starayetsya derzhat'sya podal'she ot politiki, no kogda bessledno ischezayet ye...