Emancipación, plenitud y memoria

Cuenta la leyenda que en una tribu de África, cuando una mujer se entera de que está esperando un hijo, corre a decírselo a las otras mujeres. Ellas creen que cada persona tiene una canción muy suya, la Canción de la Vida. Por eso, unos días más tarde, al amanecer, se adentran en la selva para descubrir, juntas, la canción de la nueva criatura.

The backdrop for the life and loves of a member of the small-town upper class is a village, population 13. With his feelings strangled by the snobbish standards set for him by his mother, all he can do is rebel on the inside. His only friend and drinking buddy is a retired sailor named Ismael. Ismael, no longer able to work and tired out by all the things he has done in his life, has returned to his home to die. But life, through the skills of an old witch, offers him one shady chance to become young again, which Ismael turns down. Hidden feelings in the heart of people who have felt how...

When Chico starts the third grade after his migrant worker family moves to begin harvesting California grapes, he finds that self confidence and math skills help him cope with the first day of school. Simultaneous.

En Villalmendruco de Todo lo Alto se construye apresuradamente una escuela supermoderna e incomprensible. Y se sustituye al campechano maestro por un fascinante robot. Éstos son los primeros acontecimientos que rompen con la rutina de este pueblecito.