Part I
El Duende, a spirit of Buenos Aires, conjures up María. Together with other mysterious, shadowy figures from the Argentinian capital he tells her surreal story. María is from the suburbs, where two weeping angels bring her into the world. She grows to womanhood in the space of seven days and develops into a goddess. However, her life in the suburbs is an unhappy one and she sets off for Buenos Aires – knowing that this will be her undoing. She descends into the underworld where she is sentenced to death by the thieves and prostitutes. Her shade, however, is permitted to return to earth.

Part II
María has died and is buried in the grounds of an espresso. Her shade wanders through the streets of Buenos Aires but does not know which human being it once belonged to. It falls into the hands of dubious psychoanalysts who try unsuccessfully to dig its memories up out of the past. In the meantime, El Duende gets drunk. In a bar he encounters three marionettes who want to help him bring María back to life. With the aid of all the inhabitants of Buenos Aires they eventually find María’s shade. While a Christmas carol plays in the background, María’s shade gives birth to a child. But to everyone’s surprise it is not the Messiah, but a little girl. El Duende wonders whether she is the reincarnation of María and the whole story is about to be repeated. 
 

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