El Norte

In this gritty tale, sixteen-year-old Mateo, orphaned and desperate in Mexico City, joins the Los Cuervos gang to escape to the United States, only to be betrayed and sold into human trafficking after a violent robbery secures his supposed "ticket." Enduring months of starvation and abuse in a warehouse prison, he clings to fleeting memories of his sister Rosa before succumbing to despair, his dream of "El Norte" revealed as a devastating lie. The story weaves a tragic tapestry of hope, betrayal, and systemic exploitation, ending in Mateo's quiet, unnoticed death-a stark reflection on the cost of chasing an unreachable border.