O cotidiano de um bairro pobre em Bogotá é interrompido por um homem que ameaça se suicidar. Echeverry, um velho mariachi e Jacinto, um viciado em jogos de azar, apostam a única grana que trazem à mercê da decisão do homem.
Four men and two women illegaly board a cargo ship from Buenaventura, Colombia to New York. All their dreams and frustrations confronts them while they attempt not to be discovered by the ship crew. They all seek the "American Dream".
A rural Colombian village is attacked by a horrible sea serpent, aroused by industrial pollution of a nearby lake. Based on a real event that took place in June of 1971.
