Lola, an art restorer, has to work through the night to reveal a painting hidden beneath another painting. Her obsession with the task and her squandering of energy will bring her more than she bargained for.
A group of people talk about very different subjects, including a strange course that one of them has just completed. There is tension in the air, although it is not quite clear why. They give the impression that they are killing time while waiting for a job that everyone needs for different reasons. Are they actors looking for a role?
Caye is a young prostitute whose family is unaware of her profession. She meets her striking Dominican neighbour Zulema, an illegal immigrant, after she finds her in the bathroom, badly beaten up. They strike up a close friendship unbeknownst to Caye's xenophobic co-workers.
어느날 중국 대사관에서 잔인한 살육이 자행되고 그 현장에 간 마골리즈 형사는 반 미치광이가 된 어떤 남자의 살인 현장을 목격한다. 존이라는 이 살인마에게 당할 고비를 간신히 넘긴 마골리즈 형사에 의해 존은 정신병원으로 옮겨진다. 정신과 여의사인 제이드는 존을 치료하기 위해 음악 치료요법을 선택하고 존은 그녀가 틀어주는 음악에 조금씩 반응을 하며 누구도 믿지 못할 자신의 이야기를 시작한다. 그는 얼마 전 아내 블루가 자신이 보는 앞에서 갱단에 의해 무참히 살해당하자 그 충격으로 자살을 결심한다. 다리 밑의 강물로 몸을 던지려는 찰나, 갑자기 그의 앞에 나타난 악마 M은 복수를 위한 힘을 주는 대신 영혼을 달라고 종용한다. 갈등하던 존은 마침내 영혼을 팔기로 결심하고 거래가 이루어지자마자 거대한 암흑의 힘을 갖게 되는데...
In the near future, the areas between major cities are lawless wastelands. Atolladero is a town run with an iron fist by a corrupt tyrant named The Judge and his murderous enforcer, Madden. One decent cop decides to leave town, but the powers that be don't want that and go after him.
In the early 70s, a rather backwards young soldier with serious family problems finds himself stationed in a small village in Spain's Levante. Secretly in love with a young village girl, Pere slips into her room one night. When he is discovered, the soldier reacts with spontaneous violence, creating an embarrassing problem for the military that the brass decide to handle--expeditiously-- as "an internal affair."
While the three heir sons of a hotel owner want to bring their establishment back to the glamour of former times, a Department of Health official tries to find the way of closing it permanently.