A documentary about the story of Punta del Este. Accounts by former vacationers and current residents are interwoven with unpublished period photographs and films, depicting a unique, eclusive esplace that has survived the ephemeral summer trends. "Cien años" shows a silent, hidden Punta del Este: that of the true pioneers. The seaside resort that sheltered poets and writers like Rafael Alberti and Adolfo Bioy Casares or inspired musicians like Vinicius de Moraes and Astor Piazzolla. The place where crucial diplomatic battles were fought during the Cold War. The place where Wilson Ferreira and Susana Sienra met, fell in love and saw each other for the last time before leaving for exile. The landscape that Lussich forested to calm the wind. The bastion adopted by the Argentine aristocracy as its own...
