Chucho, a 12-year-old Bolivian boy, suffers from injustice both at school and home. When his situation and that of his mother both become unbearable, they take the first step on the road to freedom.
Sereno, a young African, idolizes his drug-dealing elder brother, Monassa. Mistakes made in a failed operation and their love for the same woman threaten to destroy their relationship.
Daniel, a young Korean, wants to help his grandfather eat a meal of dogmeat, but he is in a dilemma, as his father has forbidden it and the girl he loves is vegetarian.