Roberto Cardozo

A man wakes up disoriented in his own apartment, and soon realizes that he is locked up and has no way out.

A transnational company manipulates the families in a Mayan community into implementing dangerous sowing practices. Jacinto, a nine year-old boy, will try to convince his family to revive the ancient traditions his grandfather taught him.

It’s Friday night in Asunción and the temperature is 40ºC. Víctor, a 17-year-old wheelbarrow-boy, dreams of becoming famous and covets a cell phone in Mercado 4. He is offered the chance to deliver seven boxes with unknown contents in exchange for $100. This sounds like an easy job but it soon gets complicated. Something in the boxes is highly coveted. Víctor and his persecutors find themselves caught up in a crime they know nothing about.

Basilio has become accustomed to the lack of water, to the abuse of authority, to the suffering and loneliness that corruption generates. He is trapped, like many others to the system that reigns where he lives.