A film commissioned by the National Tourism Commission, "The City on the Beach" is, however, more than a documentary to disseminate the benefits and beauties of Pocitos beach in Montevideo. The film proposes a sociological construction in-situ, through real characters.
When a former artisan is tricked into putting his sister up as collateral for a loan by a gangster boss in a crooked gambling casino it sets in motion the story of Ooka Echizen, the famed magistrate of Edo during the reign of Shogun Tsuneyoshi.
It's a crisp autumn morning. Marta prepares breakfast and goes to work. Little Jenda has a sore throat, so she has to go to her grandfather's to look after the boy.