Ignacio Huang

With an acute eye and an understated sense of humour, La Salada
explores the experiences of Korean, Bolivian and Taiwanese
immigrants living in Argentina. The film is structured around
three intertwining stories that take place in La Salada — the
largest unregulated market in Buenos Aires: a Korean father and
daughter prepare her for an arranged marriage, a young Bolivian
man searches for work, and a Taiwanese DVD seller tries to woo a
young woman to be his girlfriend. Inspired by real stories, La Salada
provides a rare and moving glimpse into the loneliness and limbo of
living in a large metropolis that neither embraces its newcomers nor
wholly rejects them.