Sweltering day in Buenos Aires, Miserere square packed with guys discreetly prostituting themselves for little money. Their inner thoughts unveil an invisible plot amidst oppressive bustle.
Miserere is about six young men who prostitute themselves for little money in Once Train Station and Plaza Miserere, a central area in the city of Buenos Aires. Structured as a chronicle of a summer day, the documentary presents the stories and inner reflections of the protagonists through voice-overs. The routines of these street sex workers show the complex and multicultural universe of Once. Miserere reveals an invisible problem: the prostitution of needy young men in Latin American cities.—Lumadoc