Jenny Noguera

The town of Papayal is located in the Amazon jungle. It is ruled by violence, greed, and vice. It has grown around mines where gold is extracted, and where mercury has severely destroyed the environment. Apart from the local bar and brothel, the settlers have nothing to do but work in the mines. Every once in a while a man called Fellini arrives and projects films. One day the mother of teenager Isabel and her lover steal the gold from miner El Gallego... (Edgar Soberón Torchia)

Oliver, an 11-year-old boy thrown out of his home by his abusive stepfather, joins a gang of street children and is exposed to narcotics, violence, and sexual predators, and the world of crime seems to be the only road available. (imdb)