Nieri is an indigenous teenage boy from the Wirrarika culture, who is being indoctrinated by his father on the path of dreaming to reach the Blue Deer and become a Marakame. However, Nieri doubts about having the gift that is necessary to become a Marakame. His real dream is to play Mexican country music and to go to Mexico City to play there with his friends.
Amidst the complex Mexico City, a man drives a public transport bus during daytime and works the night shift impersonating Mexican songstresses in a drag cabaret.
The unveiling of a statue honoring Emiliano Zapata becomes the site in which the demands of a struggling city are manifested through the speech of a young boy.
Coral Bonelli
The memory and testimony of two characters: Fernando García, known as Pinolito, who was a child actor in the seventies and Doña Lilia Ortega, his mother, an actress. Fernando came out as a transvestite, some years ago, and now calls himself Coral Bonelli. They live together in Garibaldi yearning for their past in the movies, while Coral bravely comes to terms with her gender identity. They both still perform.
Agapito
Basada en la novela del Premio Nobel Mahfuz, el callejón de los milagros, en pleno centro de la ciudad de México, es el escenario donde se entrecruzan las vidas de varios personajes, todos ellos con una historia que contar. Cansado de su matrimonio con Eusebia, el cincuentón don Ru, dueño de la cantina del barrio, descubre nuevos y extraños sentimientos en su vida. El joven peluquero Abel y el anticuario don Fidel están enamorados de la bella Alma, hija de doña Cata, lectora del tarot. Susanita, la rentera, busca el amor en el joven Chava, hijo de don Ru, y en Güicho, el cínico empleado de la cantina. Una decena de personajes más completa este complejo retrato de la vida en la ciudad.
Historia de dos mujeres, una madre y su hija, que durante la Guerra Cristera se dedicaban a tender trampas, mediante seducciones nunca consumadas, a los soldados gubernamentales que pasaban por su casa. Se trataba de engañar a los soldados haciéndoles sentir confiados para entregarlos luego a los guerrilleros cristeros.
