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.
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
