Montevideo, Uruguay. In this comedic drama, Elisa, 27, dreams of opening her own hairdressing salon in one of the rich districts of the Uruguayan capital. A bit of a rebel, one day Elisa moves out of her mother's house with her two children and breaks up with Garcia, her boss and lover who has infuriated her by not wanting to get married. So, in the space of twenty-four hours, Elisa finds herself without a roof over her head, without a man, without a job and without money. Her best friend Loulou finds her a job - in the brothel run by Dona Jacqueline. And without really being aware of it, Elisa slides into prostitution, which leads her to Barcelona. She falls in love, she is exploited, she gets involved in transvestite gang wars, and meanwhile just dreams of earning enough money for her little beauty salon back home.

When a sweet old lady manages to reunite her family to tell them she won the lottery, her despicable children start behaving like vultures to fight for the jackpot.

Dina and Alberto are two young Uruguayans who are getting married to fulfill the Jewish family mandate and thus continue the traditions that their families have inherited and maintained for centuries. Family pressure and the rapid transition to adult life will make these two young people rethink their dreams and their freedom in the Montevideo setting of the 90s.

This documentary, which includes testimonies from architects, urban planners, and specialists, as well as images of the demolition of iconic buildings, invites us to consider how heritage preservation and modernity can be combined without transforming Montevideo into a "museum city."