Wolframio Sinué

Baldomero, a former boxer, faces a new reality after several years in prison. Filled with guilt and deep personal conflicts, he wanders aimlessly through downtown Quito, trying to recognize the places he once inhabited. He meets Amelia, a techno-cumbia singer and hopes to rebuild his life, but the ghosts of the past are more alive than ever.

Two farmers find a treasure in the middle of the Ecuadorian Andes. When unearthed, they are chased by the treasure guardian. One of the thieves dies, and José, the survivor, takes refuge in an adobe house in the middle of the forest. But this hiding place will become a trap.

En un país hispanoamericano, Agustín Rejas (Javier Bardem), un idealista detective de policía, recibe el encargo de investigar las siniestras actividades de un misterioso grupo revolucionario cuyo líder, un tal Ezequiel, está promoviendo una revolución campesina que amenaza con llegar a las ciudades y provocar la caída del gobierno. Frente a las brutales acciones terroristas de los guerrilleros, los militares deciden responder con la maxima contundencia.

Mientras construye una presa en Tecala, en el corazón de los Andes, el ingeniero norteamericano Peter Bowman es capturado por fuerzas antigubernamentales durante una incursión en la capital. Cuando los rebeldes descubren su identidad exigen tres millones de dólares de rescate. El problema es que la empresa de Peter, con sede en Houston, está al borde de la bancarrota y ha cancelado la póliza de seguros contra secuestros, así que no dispone del dinero del rescate. Viéndose abandonada por la compañía, la esposa de Peter contrata los servicios de Terry Thorne, un negociador profesional que en los últimos años ha resuelto numerosos casos de secuestro.

The wild and wanton Francisca, known as "The Tigress," is the eldest of three sisters, who are bosses of a farm in Ecuador. A medicine man tells Francisca and Juliana that their youngest sister Sara must remain a virgin to protect their land. A travelling salesman, engaged to Sara, tells the police that she is being kept locked up by her older sisters.

Martín is a 13-year-old orphan shoeshine boy from La Paz, Bolivia, who has lived his entire life in the streets with the hope and desire to find his father. Driven by this desire and his imagination, Martin begins to suspect that one of his best clients is his father; Mr Novoa, a lonely tailor whose only emotional bond is his dog, Astor, a fine German shepherd whom he cares for like a son.