A 24 hour period in the lives of Fausto and Jesus, two undocumented Mexican day-laborers in L.A. Each day another task, each day the same pressure to find money. They go about their daily routine, standing on the corner at the Home Improvement Store waiting for work to come. Today, the job they are given is well paid compared to their poor usual wages.

Historical drama that recounts the period of Peruvian doctor Daniel Alcides Carrión during his research on smallpox in 1885. Famous for inoculating himself with the virus and developing his own medical history, the plot explores, through memory, the events that led Carrión to make this decision and the consequences it had on his life and that of his loved ones.