The Capsize

Capital is dead labor that, like a vampire, lives only by sucking up living labor; and the longer it lives, the more work it sucks.

Hipólita is a domestic worker who, like her mother before her, has worked in Samuel's enormous colonial house for decades. After Hipólita becomes aware of class differences and Samuel invades her privacy, she decides to take control of her work and her life.

Through the eyes of four inhabitants of the Mayan jungle, roots of a culture threatened with extermination are unearthed. The preservation of the culture resembles the transplanting of a ceiba tree.

After a short vacation, Esther and Leonardo recall moments from their youth and their relationship before they became parents. As they get closer to the city, the coexistence becomes tense and Esther makes the decision to confess to Leonardo that she regrets being a mother.