Erick is a twelve year old who is almost addicted to skateboarding. His lower middle class family is on the verge of a crisis. His father is about to lose the glass factory where he works. Since problems never come alone, Erick gets into trouble with a local gang. While running away from them, he meets an old man who tells him the legend of Hidalgo´s hidden treasure. Erick and his two friends, Andrea and Omar, travel to Guanajuato to look for the treasure, but run into Nathan Pickett, a sacred art trafficker who is looking for the same treasure and isn´t willing to share.
Richard Macedo, is a young Mexican-American businessman from Orange County whose life is changed over the course of one night through a series of off beat encounters with the denizens of Mexico City.
Despite trying to keep his swashbuckling to a minimum, a threat to California's pending statehood causes the adventure-loving Don Alejandro de la Vega and his wife, Elena, to take action.
This drama features three stories about the bonds between children and absent parents. A Cuban boy who lives in poverty with his mother longs to visit his father in the United States, a Moroccan girl attempts to reunite with her father, and in Mexico, and a boy disobeys his father to visit a strange lagoon. These related vignettes showcase the powerful hold that parents have upon their children, which often remains strong despite their absence.