An orphan boy who is constantly being transferred from home to home, makes a wish to stay with his current foster parents. But on the Eve of Christmas, he may have to leave once again.

An astronaut recreating Mars conditions in the US desert is saved by a couple of passing immigrants. A deadly negotiation ensues over the astronaut’s water, vital for both the astronaut’s humanity-saving mission and the immigrants’ hopes to survive their journey.

A love-obsessed woman becomes a martial-arts master in order to save the busboy at a local club from getting bullied by two Mexican wrestlers.

In the working-class outskirts of L.A., Jesús, an openly gay man recently released from prison after serving a nine-year sentence for a nonviolent drug offense, is determined to reclaim his life and reunite with his daughter.