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Andrés and his son Pedro live in a working district of Caracas and hardly ever see each other. While Andrés fills his time doing different jobs, Pedro wanders the streets playing with friends and learning from the violent atmosphere around him.

On the border of Venezuela with Colombia, during the late 80's, two men survive an armed assault near the Arauca River, in which fourteen of their companions end up dead. The Army accuses them of being guerrilla fighters and tries via intimidation to seize them from the cell where they are being watched over by the local police officer and by the entire village. They say they are simple fishermen, but pressure to yield to the official version is overwhelming.

Thomas, a man in his thirties who cares a land in deep plain, accompanied by his little son Alberto, buries his wife after a sudden death. It is only for the first night Thomas. He sits in the courtyard of the house to get drunk and mourn. The next morning he is awakened by Alberto and his hunger. With the confusion of novelty, the father uses the instinct to care for their child. But sorrow lurks in the solitude of his home. One night, Thomas falls asleep to escape. Another, starts drinking. Drowned by what he feels, alcohol and anxiety in the body, decides he wants to be with his wife.

In the midst of an energy crisis, an oil engineer sent by a European commodities company ventures into a resource-rich Latin American country under a political upheaval. He is tasked with evaluating the integrity of the world's largest oil reservoir, however he is unable to do it, forcing him to escape at any cost.

Roxana, a young Venezuelan woman exiled in Mexico City, defies the law when her father dies in a boarding house, and tries to convince Hilda, the landlady, not to report it to the authorities. Hilda faces the dilemma of helping her or getting into trouble. Roxana’s determination almost convinces her, but her fear is stronger. Alone, in an unknown country, Roxana has to part with her father’s body, her only family