''Passionate People'' () is a 2002

Argentine Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their ...

romantic comedy film directed by

Juan José Jusid Juan José Jusid (born September 26, 1941) is an Argentine film director and screenwriter. Career Jusid was born in Buenos Aires. He started his professional career as an actor, puppeteer A puppeteer is a person who manipulates an inanimate ...

, starring

Pablo Echarri Pablo Daniel Echarri (born September 21, 1969) is a leading Argentine actor. Biography He was born in Sarandí, Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital ci ...

Nancy Dupláa Nancy Verónica Dupláa (born 3 December 1969) is an Argentine actress. Biography Nancy Verónica Dupláa was born on December 3, 1969, in Olivos, Buenos Aires Province, and was raised in San Martín, a suburb to the west. She is the sister ...

and Natalia Verbeke.

Plot summary

Uma ( Natalia Verbeke) lives in the city of

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

with her friend Roberto, who happens to be

homosexual Homosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior between people of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality is "an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions" exc ...

. She works as a

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, and her job lets her travel all around the world and live an independent life without commitments. But she has a dream to fulfill: to be a mother. Since she can't find the perfect man, thanks to her job, she decides to look for a

sperm donor Sperm donation is the provision by a man of his sperm with the intention that it be used in the artificial insemination or other "fertility treatment" of one or more women who are not his sexual partners in order that they may become pregnant by h ...

in different parts of the world, but what she is looking for her child's father can't be found anywhere in the

sperm bank A sperm bank, semen bank, or cryobank is a facility or enterprise which purchases, stores and sells human semen. The semen is produced and sold by men who are known as sperm donation, sperm donors. The sperm is purchased by or for other persons f ...

s. After being desperate and tired of not being able to complete her goal, she decides to look for the perfect man that has all the requirements she wants in a father, to leave her pregnant. Lucía (

) is Uma's best friend, divorced with a daughter called Violeta, and is always willing to give Uma a hand in whatever she needs. She manages a

travel agency A travel agency is a private retailer or public service that provides travel and tourism-related services to the general public on behalf of accommodation or travel suppliers to offer different kinds of travelling packages for each destina ...

, in which a guide called Nico (

) works, and is Lucía's future husband. Nico is what every woman wants; handsome, intelligent, a good person and loves kids. All this characteristics make Uma choose him as the donor. But there is a complication, asking Lucía if she can borrow her boyfriend, to accomplish her dream. When Uma convinces Lucía, she agrees and then tells Nico, which after thinking about it agrees as well. Considering it as "simple donation" in which each person would later follow their own lives. But this simple transaction will bring problems after Uma gets pregnant, and the feelings that no one was waiting for appear, transforming the lives of each of the characters.

External links

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Apasionados Official Website
* 2002 films 2000s Spanish-language films 2002 romantic comedy films Films set in Argentina Films scored by Federico Jusid Argentine romantic comedy films 2000s Argentine films {{2000s-romantic-comedy-film-stub Buena Vista International films Films directed by Juan José Jusid