Santiago de Chile, 1978. In the midst of the tough social context of Pinochet's dictatorship, Raul Peralta, a man in his fifties, is obsessed with the idea of impersonating "Tony Manero", John Travolta's character in "Saturday Night Fever'. His urge to reproduce his idol's likeness drives him to commit an escalating series of crimes and thefts. In the meantime, his dancing partners, who are involved in underground activities against the regime, are persecuted by the government's secret police. "Tony Manero" is a story about loss, identity and obsession in the recent Chilean history.