The Bitter Stems 1956 Alfredo Gaspar Carlos Cores is an unhappy reporter who teams with an immigrant bartender, Liudas Vassili Lambrinos, in a get rich quick scheme they advertise a correspondence course in journalism, and the money pours in Other than being a crook, Liudas is a nice guy hoping to bring his wife and two children from Europe to Argentina Gaspar is so moved by the familys plight that he offers Liudas a bigger share of the ill gotten gains to help them Eventually, though, Gaspar comes to suspect that Liudas hasnt told him the truth perhaps someone whos, after all, a crook would also lie to him Gaspar decides to exact revenge on his business partner and commits the perfect crime or so he thinks But nothing goes quite as planned