Beyond the Limit

During the rule of brutal right wing military juntas in Paraguay and Argentina, Dr. Eduardo Plarr, half-English and half-Paraguayan medical doctor, returns from Buenos Aires to work in the small town of Corrientes, Argentina, where he first arrived after his escape from Paraguay years earlier. One night, Eduardo befriends the alcoholic British Honorary Consul, Charley Fortnum, whose beautiful Argentinian wife, a former high-class prostitute named Clara, Eduardo seduces. This turns into a passionate affair and makes Carla realizes that while she does love her husband, who is rather affectionate towards her, she also enjoys Eduardo's raw sexuality and a more passionate form of affection that her husband can not offer, since alcoholism and depression basically killed all of his potency, sex appeal and passion for living. Eduardo also re-establishes old friendships with Argentinian junta's Colonel Perez and Leon, a former priest turned rebel leader, who also happens to be Eduardo's childhood friend from Paraguay turned makeshift rebel leader. All of this comes together to create a serious problem for Eduardo when he is asked to help the rebels kidnap the US Ambassador, who's coming to visit Corrientes and whose kidnapping might force the US to force the Paraguayan junta that's receiving financial aid from the US to release several key political prisoners, including Eduardo's father who may or may not still be alive. Eduardo helps the rebels by getting information about the ambassadors route from Charley, but the amateurish rebels kidnap Charley instead of the ambassador by mistake and hide near Corrientes, that happens to lie near the border between Paraguay and Argentina. Eduardo becomes conflicted over whether or not to help incompetent Charley, since the Consul is not really that bad of a guy and Eduardo really is his only chance, since even the British Ambassador himself had already given up on him by openly stating that Charley is simply too small of a fish for anyone from the UK government, let alone the US, to actually bother rescuing him. On the other hand, if Eduardo simply washes his hands from the whole affair as well and let the rebels kill him, he gets to stay with Carla, who after so many passionate trysts with Eduardo actually got pregnant by him, even though everyone, including Charley, believe that the child is in fact Charley's. The only one who knows better is Perez, who shows to Eduardo that he's deeply concerned by all this and warns Eduardo not to get involved or he will have to kill him. Perez also finally reveals to Eduardo that his father is long dead, killed by the Paraguayan military during his escape attempt. Meanwhile, the rebels shoot Charley during his escape attempt but only graze him. Eduardo arrives to check up on him and Charley discovers both that Eduardo was involved in his kidnapping and that he's not the father of Clara's child. Perez, who followed Charley, surrounds the house where Charley is kept and gives everyone inside a ten minute deadline to surrender. Eduardo makes peace with Charley and goes outside to negotiate with Perez. The soldiers immediately shoot Eduardo. Leon goes to help him only to get shot himself. In desperation, the rest of the group tries killing Charley, but Perez's men take them down. Charley is rescued, only to witness Perez personally shooting wounded Eduardo in the head, execution style, just like Eduardo's father was killed. Charley is safely returned home where he makes up with Carla, agrees to be the father of her child and they decide to name her and Eduardo's child Eduardo instead of Charley.