Universidad Central de Venezuela

A delirious Balloon Vendor sings "Happy Birthday" to his peculiar companion. Upon discovering that she is hiding the balloons he intends to give her, he questions whether their connection is genuine affection or an escape from reality.

Life in the slums of Caracas: misery, violence, unemployment, strength, vitality.

María Eugenia Alonso, almost a woman, still an adolescent, returns from Europe to impose the light of her reason on that of her old house, a temple of boredom, where, as in the ancient and moist churches, the old smell of traditions and race floats.

Dawn breaks over Caracas. From a pile of cardboard beside an ATM emerges Irene, a young girl living on the streets. Her days unfold between the struggle to survive, childhood games, and the power of imagination, until the unexpected arrival of her first menstruation abruptly marks the end of childhood and the beginning of a new stage in her life.

During Venezuela's regional elections of December 1995, Rómulo votes for the first time. Through his experience, this experimental documentary reflects on civic participation and the practice of democracy. The film received awards at Viart '96 and was selected for the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana and the Bonn Video Biennale, both in 1996.