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Six short stories that explore the extremities of human behavior involving people in distress.

The story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his people, and two scientists who work together over the course of forty years to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant.

Ramón Alvia is a professional boxer who, although he has won several international championships, is old and is at the end of his career. He resists. In the gym, Ramon discovers among the young boxers Deborah, a beautiful girl.

The angelic face of Carlos, a 17-year-old teenager, hides a dark facet of robberies, lies and murders.

Upon arriving in Hong Kong, an American woman is beaten up and mugged by thugs. She's taken in by a martial arts master who trains her for a formidable fight competition known as the Kumite.

A young man named Amadeo sets off on an unexpected adventure with the players of his beloved Foosball game.

American Traitor follows the life of American woman Mildred Gillars and her lawyer who struggles to redeem her reputation.

The enigmatic Isabel decides to rent her womb to become pregnant with a baby for Sara and Joaquin--a possessive couple, obsessed with the idea of starting a family.

Reluctantly, a dour long-distance truck driver agrees to give a lift to a Paraguayan single mother and her five-month-old daughter to Buenos Aires. Can the palpable silence soften up the taciturn trucker's sullen heart?

A group of friends embark on a fun adventure determined to find a college roommate who disappeared without a trace on graduation day.

After the leaving of their only one son to study abroad, a 25-years marriage faces their split, questioning themselves about love, desire, the passing of time and what really they want in life.

A mysterious man emerges from the Argentinean rainforest to help a poor farmer and his daughter, who are threatened by a band of mercenaries hired to force them to sell their land.

A nine-year-old boy's preening obsession with straightening his hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his hard-working mother.

A journey to the biggest open mining of the contemporary age. It's 1978 and friends Juliano and Joaquim leave Rio de Janeiro in search of their dream of striking it rich. Like thousands of other men, both get to the Amazon Rainforest full of hope and illusion. But routine in the mines changes everything and the obsession of wealth and power destroys them. Juliano becomes a gangster. Joaquim leaves all his values behind. This is a story about golden fever, greed and violence, a great friendship and its end.

Tato is an orphan adrift, a young lover of rap, who must find his place outside the violence of his city. The presence of cleaning and social control groups spreads terror and uncertainty in his neighborhood. However, Tato along with his friends Pitu and La Crespa, seek to resist and find a different alternative to death and crime. Organized through the art of hip hop, participating in street jam battles. After clashing with gang members from his neighborhood, Tato has to run, leaving behind what defines him the most. Thus, his only option is to leave the city and live with Octavio, a grandfather, a flower grower, whom he does not know, and who wishes to inherit his countryside cultural tradition. Two generations, two ways of life, and a continuous feeling of loss, death, and loneliness rain over Tato's life in his struggle to survive and find his own identity as he transitions to the adult world.

Pablo Rouviot is a renowned psychoanalyst. His life changes completely when Paula arrives to his office and asks him to prove that his brother, a man with serious psychological problems and accused for the murder of his father, is in no able condition to be judged.

An animated adventure about a young girl who seeks out her father in order to help save her troubled mother.

After she loses her mobile phone, a lawyer receives a call from the person who found it. They talk and hit it off very quickly. But she's in shock when she sees that he's very short.

A businessman is murdered at his home. Experienced police Inspector Chávez uses a rookie officer as a bait to catch the killer, while struggling with his own deepest desires.

A sudden mourning brings a woman to the edge of madness. Funeral procedures, heat and a neighbor that comes to water the plants, come together in an emotional journey where it is impossible to distinguish the real from the unreal.

What happens when mom is out of the picture? Experience the trouble of a working dad handling four kids while their mother is off on vacation.

Spying on her students, a teacher finds an exciting hobby.

When the accidental death of a couple's young son sends them grieving in opposite directions, they're forced to re-examine their life and marriage.

A group of friends has a New Year's Eve party.

After losing contact with a military base, a high mountain unit is sent to investigate. Upon arrival, they find only a woman in chains. Isolation and the impossibility of escape serve to undermine the soldiers' judgment.