Cipactli
Omar (15) and Karina's (12) mother has a stroke during the family holidays. The siblings, drifting apart, will start a long journey through Mexico towards their grandmother's house. On the road they will face a broken and divided country. Where mistrust, resentment and violence are everywhere. Diverse characters -strangers on their own land- will lead them, in labyrinthic stages, until their final destiny.
Ana dies while attempting to have an abortion. Jeronimo, her boyfriend, falls into a deep depression after his failed suicide. Ana's mother takes care of him bringing him back to the family. Jeronimo, distraught, should make final decisions about what is right even given
his shaken mental state.
Ulises
Minutos antes de morir en la sala general de un hospital urbano, Ulises, un enfermo terminal en sus cincuentas, reconstruye los fragmentos de su vida. Lauro, un paciente vecino, joven y risueño, es el único que lo acompaña en su agonía final, en la que reviven todas las oportunidades que dejó pasar. Así, al cruzar la frontera de la muerte, Ulises se da cuenta de que éste es el momento más emocionante de su vida.
