Buenos Aires, 1955. One of a family of Sicilian immigrants, the adolescent Laura is on the threshold of adulthood. Her father Francesco Lojacono, is a humble tailor whose relationship with his daughter is one of extreme conflict. As Laura becomes increasingly emancipated in Argentinian (and therefore American) fashion, her father feels personally betrayed. (IMDB)
Mauricio and Alberto are friends and work in an insurance company. Apparently they have very dissimilar personalities, since Alberto is a hummingbird who lives courting as many women as he can and Mauricio is serious and lover of his wife. In reality, Mauricio maintains a hidden relationship with a vedette named Monica, who constantly puts him in trouble when he asks him to separate from his wife and go live with her. Alberto, aware of this, proposes to Mauricio that he pass his lover to him, and Monica becomes his stable lover. Mauricio and Alberto's women become suspicious and everything gets complicated, and they come to the conclusion that keeping Monica is very dangerous for both of them.
In 1930s Argentina, dim-witted Rufino and Jacinto are hired as tough guys ("guapos") by political boss Malatesta to intimidate his opponents, rig elections, etc. However, the two men change allegiances when they meet the lovely Mercedes and La Mendocina, victims of Malatesta and his gang.
Jorge is a photographer for a newspaper, from which he is fired. He then begins to work in a detective agency, where he is assigned the mission of protecting Monica, a beautiful woman threatened with death by an ex-boyfriend.
Gianfranco, a peddler, and Lina, his young assistant, arrive in Montepulciano, a small Italian village, where they lure the local children by performing fascinating conjuring tricks.
Snoopy mother-in-law finds an autographed photo of a nightclub singer in her son-in-law's coat pocket and she goes on the warpath.
A woman forces a politician not to report a big scam.
A man who arrives in paradise explains his earthly misfortune.
The birds in question are a group of young ladies who, for different reasons, leave the convent where they grew up in order to face "the struggle of life".
