We believed in a better world, we decided to make it come true

Ani and Niko are 16 and dating, but their lives couldn't be more different. She is the daughter of a taxi driver and a housewife and has always been happy and contented. Niko delivers pizzas, his mother is an alcoholic since his father abandoned them and his brother is a gang member and drug addict. The world of the young couple is altered by the increasingly frequent appearance of burned cars on weekends. Organized neighborhood patrols in the working class neighborhood will eventually trigger a tragedy that will affect them both.

Sonia, the daughter of a prominent publisher, is about to fulfill her lifelong dream of marrying Rosendo, a promising writer with homosexual tendencies, who pines for his fiancee far less than he does for the brand new literary award launched by his future father-in-law. The wedding shindig will bring its share of unexpected surprises. This is a film is part of the DOGME 95 Movement, described as follows: 'the goal of the Dogme collective is to purify film-making by refusing expensive and spectacular special effects, post-production modifications and other gimmicks. The emphasis on purity forces the filmmakers to focus on the actual story and on the actors' performances. Given these restrictions the story and the action of DIAS DE BODA ('WEDDING DAYS') seem much more immediate and the lapses in fluidity of the story can be forgiven - to a point.

One morning, the body of a sailor is found lying on the beach, washed in by the tide.. With no witnesses or any sign of the dead man’s boat, Inspector Leo Caldas begins immersing himself in the town’s seafaring atmosphere as he endeavours to shed light on the crime. He finds himself among men and women who prefer not to reveal their suspicions to him. But a sudden discovery sets him off in an unexpected direction.