Angélica J. Ramírez

An ode to the terrible yet beautiful but fleeting life.

A long time ago, Ana Laura, Gustavo, and Jesús crossed the border in search of a better opportunity. They worked hard, built a family, and made a life in the United States. Day by day, years after their arbitrary deportations to Mexico, they deal with the grief of being separated from their families. As time goes by, the shattered existence of everyone is slowly and inevitably rebuilt, far away and apart from each other.

On their way back home from a baseball academy’s tryouts, Pedro and Lucio are taken hostage and turned over to a criminal group. The teenage friends are forced to fight each other to death; Pedro defeats Lucio and manages to escape. Pedro receives help and refuge with Lucio’s family and he witnesses the family’s collapse and pain. Pedro is tormented with guilt and fear, he cannot tell his friend’s family the truth.

An ode to the terrible yet beautiful but fleeting life.

A 17-year-old student decides to have her breasts removed and transition to a male identity. Her mother, Ana, resists, convinced that only biological sex exists. But faced with her child’s insistence, she is forced to confront the roots of her fear. After an emotional journey through motherhood, documented in home videos, Ana comes to support her child’s upcoming surgery, who, in honor of the zodiac sign of their parents, chooses the name Leo.