How Most Things Work (2015)
Celina works at a remote tollbooth on a desert road, few days before Christmas, her father dies and Celina becomes a door-to-door encyclopedia saleswoman so she can earn enough money to travel to Italy and find her mom.
Top billed cast
Verónica GerezCelina
Pilar GamboaRaquel
Esteban BigliardiSandro
Vicente EsquerreBrian
Miriam OdoricoNora
Marilú MariniNelly
Rafael SpregelburdGoldberg
María UcedoRita
Sergio PángaroAldo
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