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A young girl and her drug-addicted mother struggle to stay afloat as Argentina's economic crisis threatens to pull them beneath its crippling undertow. Though the economic situation in their country is dire, nine year old Eugenia and her mother Florencia enjoy a relatively carefree life surrounded by colorful friends and caring family. But when Florencia reveals that she has just become pregnant and she doesn't know the identity of the father, Eugenia must mature before her time in order to prevent the situation from turning tragic.