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Released in English-speaking countries as Vacations In the Other World, this Argentine seriocomedy explores the gap between the high-pressure world of business and the less-hectic ambience of "real life." Reported dead in an accident, tycoon Jose Olarra decides to remain "deceased" in order to start life anew. He chooses to live at the modest home of an old friend who spoke highly of Olarra at his funeral-and who inexplicably fails to recognize Olarra now! Thoroughly enjoyed is new, more tranquil lifestyle, our hero is averse to revealing his true identity under the dictates of the plotline demand that he do so. Never overplaying its hand, Vacaciones en el Otro Mundo is diverting variation on a familiar theme.