Chucho, a 12-year-old Bolivian boy, suffers from injustice both at school and at home. When his situation and that of his mother become unbearable, they take the first step towards the road to freedom.
Sereno, a young African, idolizes his drug-dealing elder brother, Monassa. However, their love for the same woman threatens to destroy their relationship.
Daniel is a young Korean who want to celebrate his grandfather's 80th birthday by eating Korean-style dog with him. However, Daniel's father refuses to do so, as the act is considered a serious crime in Brazil.
Su Lin is a Chinese young woman, who recently arrived in São Paulo. She has come to marry her fiancé, who she hasn't seen for five years but discovers that he's already married to somebody else.