Alan’s daily life as a driver and assistant to a federal deputy entails enduring the anger and arrogance of his superior; sufering the contempt of the deputy’s bodyguards and, above all, cleaning up all traces of his boss’ misbehaviour. Today, however, Alan has decided that things will be different.

A sour and introverted woman, has been working as a nanny for a large upper class family for many years until her employer hires another nanny to help her, so she pushes her away with cruel and childish psychological abuse. The story is repeated until a new nanny changes its way of seeing life.

Andrés reaches the Mexican border to try to cross into the United States. After many attempts, he discovers that the city that adopts him –Tijuana- isn’t easy. Meanwhile, he must confront his feelings about what he left behind in his hometown and what he finds now in Tijuana: Cata, Ela and Asensio.

Uprooted by the armed conflict, Alicia tries to reshape her life in La Sirga, a decadent hostel on the shores of a lake in the highlands of the Andes, which belongs to her only family member alive. There, on a swampy beach, she will try to settle down until her the threat of war menaces again.