Inspector Chávez (Demián Bichir), a detective on the Buenos Aires police force, and his partner Dolores (:es:Mónica Antonópulos) are called one summer night to the Recoleta, Buenos Aires residence of Jaime Figueroa Alcorta (Martín Wullich), a wealthy older gay member of Buenos Aires high society. At the scene, Chávez meets the young officer Gómez (:es:Chino Darín), who says that he found Alcorta's body after investigating a noise complaint and who has been examining the dead man's possessions. The next day, the two men encounter each other in the police station restroom, where Gómez shows Chávez a matchbook from the gay nightclub Manila that he accidentally took from the crime scene.