Ivan is a kid whose family decides to go back to Chile from New York, after at least a decade away. Ivan of course is not quite the Chilean kid his grandparents would like him to be: he sulks, misses the Opera, finds things odd and ugly, acting like a real "little gringo" (hence the title).

Alejandro, a freshman, and Sofia, who’s doing her thesis, meet in college. They build an asymmetrical relationship: he’s in love while she just wants to see her sexual desires fulfilled.

In 1992, a young man who works as a video store clerk takes shelter in it alongside his friends and family during a possible zombie invasion.

A corrupt mayor, his undercover agents and two rival gangs of drug traffickers. This dangerous cocktail serves as the basis for a thriller accented with black humor and high impact dialogues. It shows in a dynamic and contemporary style the underworld of drug trafficking in Latin America and its effects on society.