De rangers uit Ouwehands Dierenpark worden gevraagd om de bijzonder zeldzame De Loro-vlinderpopulatie te redden voordat deze uit hun cocons kruipen en omkomen in de grote bosbranden in de Zuid-Amerikaaanse jungle. Daarvoor reizen de rangers af naar Zuid-Amerika. De ranger trotseren daarvoor wilde dieren, op hol geslagen koeien op de Argentijnse pampas en gaan zelfs geen tango-wedstrijd, speedboten-race of onneembare rotswand uit de weg om de vlinders te vinden. Moes raakt intussen bevriend met Cherpee, een jaloerse aap waar Taffie het behoorlijk mee te stellen heeft. Mike ergert zich aan eigenwijze Bastiaan die besloten heeft om voor z'n fans zijn Zuid-Amerikaas avontuur op video te zetten. En Alwin en Sira...zij maken een van de meest hartstochtelijke avonturen mee.
Paid is a film noir in the tradition of the French gangster movie. It is a story about underworld characters that have come to regret the choices they have made and now secretly long for a different and more meaningful life. It is also a love story between Paula Gireaux , a 28-year-old Parisian call girl working in Amsterdam and a hit man, Michel Angelo (30) whose hearts are touched when a six-year-old Bolivian boy abruptly enters their lives. The boy changes their fate. He gives them reason to reach for their dreams and to start a whole new life together. But, at the moment Paula and Michel decide to escape the underworld, Paula realizes that her hands are tied to a paid deal she has made with a powerful English narcotics baron, Rudi Dancer (55). The enticing offer Paula could not refuse, turns into the demon that stands in the way of her future with Michel. Eventually, Michel and Paula find their way to freedom but not without paying a high price
Angela is a French art student living in Germany who loves to draw comics and creates elaborate tales drawn in a soft and romantic style. One night, Angela meets Yamamoto, a club DJ from Japan, who invites her to come to Tokyo with him. Infatuated with Yamamoto, Angela impulsively agrees, and is soon sharing an apartment with a handful of Western expatriates who work at a nightclub where Japanese businessmen drink, sing karaoke, and date the "hostesses" for a fee.
