La Mayor Cine

Following an clever plan to emigrate to the United States, a group of boys from peasant families in the southern part of Costa Rica pretends to be a soccer team and ventures to participate in the prestigious Dallas Cup, in the United States. Years later, the exercise of narrating this great little feat allows some of its protagonists to reflect on its meaning.

Against the backdrop of the 1970s meat ban in Uruguay, José, a Galician immigrant, and his daughter Rosita establish a clandestine slaughterhouse to survive. As the operation expands into a citywide black market, their ambitions collide with corrupt authorities, rival butchers and the shifting political landscape, pushing the family toward dangerous alliances and violent consequences.