Luis discovers the world at age seven. Violence touches his surroundings and triggers the first encounter with death, the discovery of the fragility of his father, and the learning of masculinity in his vulnerable world. Everything happens between games and perplexities. It is life in a violent Mexico, where only growing implies danger.
Marlena
A busca de Willy para encontrar seu amor há muito perdido o trouxe do México para Montreal, Canadá, como trabalhador sazonal. Destinos se cruzam, momentos de realismo mágico surgem, mundos colidem e tensões aumentam em meio aos longos dias de trabalho físico. Representante do Canadá no Oscar 2022 de Filme Internacional. Seleção do Festival de Toronto 2021.
Hermana de Manuel
Amanda and Manuel are friends, they hang out during the afternoons, flirt with each other and conceive the idea of turning one of Amanda’s drawings into a stencil to put it on a wall near their school. A romance blooms. When the date for the drawing arrives, Manuel is nowhere to be seen, and nobody knows what happened. Amanda can’t understand this situation.
Valeria
Camilo, an adolescent rower on a Xochimilco jetty, has his first sexual encounter with another man. One day he thinks he is being discovered by Beto, a colleague from work. When confronted, Camilo accidentally ends up revealing his homosexuality. Not knowing what to do, Camilo reacts violently and decides to flee Xochimilco.
