Four stories of normal Montevideans like you and me, but with one thing in common: bad luck. One figure, the master of the ceremony, ties stories together commenting on the failures of those four people, as he tries to make his fortune on a slot-machine.

Diverse local theatre groups go after an unfortunate programmer in charge of the Cataluña theatre festival, who goes on a vacation in Uruguay.

A father and daughter wait. Accompanied only by the night, a battered pickup truck, and the uncertainty of waiting for something without knowing when it will arrive, they pass the time as the city and its inhabitants gradually intrude upon their vigil.