Reinas is a thoroughly enjoyable, bittersweet family drama set against the backdrop of 1990s Peru's political instability. Carlos, "El Loco," is the charismatic, long-estranged father of two daughters whose mother plans an imminent move with them to the United States. He strives to engage the skeptical teenager and her credulous younger sister with tall tales of his career as a crocodile wrangler and a police secret agent, while indulging them with trips to the beach and wild sand-dune rides. Intricate family dynamics and teenage social interactions are rendered in all their volatility and nuance. All the actors are utterly convincing. In a world of casual supernatural belief and occasional danger, a gentle humour generally pervades.