Arturo is a frugal cab driver who has to come up with $1,000 within 24 hours. His older son, Ramiro, who left home three years ago, has just phoned from Houston asking for urgent help. Arturo’s wife, Irene, keeps their savings out of Arturo’s reach. That same day, Leandro, their younger son who still lives with them, plans to steal those savings, buy drugs and run away to the coast to sell them at nightclubs, in order to earn enough cash for a plane ticket to find his brother. When the situation comes to a head, Arturo once again turns into the man who forced Ramiro to flee three years earlier.

Arturo, un parsimonioso taxista de sesenta años, tiene que conseguir mil dólares en menos de 24 horas. Su hijo mayor, Ramiro, que se fugó de casa hace tres años, acaba de llamar desde Houston pidiéndole ayuda urgente. Ese mismo día, Leandro, el hijo menor que aún vive con él, planea robarle sus ahorros, comprar una partida de drogas y huir a la costa para venderla en los boliches. Cuando el destino los enfrente, Arturo se transformará de nuevo en aquel hombre que obligó a Ramiro a fugarse tres años atrás.

Pablo Fendrik was born in 1973 in Buenos Aires. He studied at Centro de Investigación Cinematográfica, where he directed his first three short films. In 2007, he directed his first successful feature, El Asaltante (The Mugger), which was selected for several international film festivals (2007 Cannes Critics’ Week) and received awards in Havana, Buenos Aires and Lima. La Sangre Brota is his second film; it won the Young Critic Award in the 2008 Cannes Critics’ Week.