Lucas is a 12-year-old boy who falls in a strange whirlpool in the garbage vortex floating on the Pacific Ocean. When he wakes up, he finds himself in a peculiar world: Thingdom, the place where all things no longer useful go
Lucas is a 12-year-old boy who falls in a strange whirlpool in the garbage vortex floating on the Pacific Ocean. When he wakes up, he finds himself in a peculiar world: Thingdom, the place where all things no longer useful go
"Yuniol" Perez and Alberto "Junior" Rios come from opposite sides of the tracks in the Dominican Republic. Aloof and detached, Alberto comes from a wealthy family. Driven and focused, Juan is reared by a devoted mother whose affection makes up for the absence of his father. Juan and his mother survive in a tough and impoverished Barrio on the outskirts of the capital city. Behind every happy moment lies an ominous sense of despair. Yet the joyful Dominican way of life for those surviving on the margins serves as a testament to people anywhere confronted with poverty and injustice.
One night in the city. A man attempts to commit suicide from the upper level of a tall building. His action is closely watched by a cowboy and a pin-up girl, both characters on two billboards over the neighbouring buildings.
One night in the city. A man attempts to commit suicide from the upper level of a tall building. His action is closely watched by a cowboy and a pin-up girl, both characters on two billboards over the neighbouring buildings.
