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Guillermo Benet multiplies the number of characters by six and condemns them to suffer through one fateful night of drama desperate, life-altering and almost unbearably tense
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The title, a highly charged blend of meaning and irony, refers to the young men and women who, quite unwittingly, react in contrasting ways to a tragic, chaotic and confusing event. Although they all play a role, some more active than others, no official charges are ever brought against them. One tries to numb out from the cruelties of reality, turning to drugs and sex; another accepts a certain (probable) guilt; others take refuge in anger and defensiveness. Each displays one possible (and plausible) response, born of profoundly human emotions.