Carlos' Birthday

2001 • Directed by

José Javier Rodríguez Melcon

Carlos, from a juvenile prison, recalls the day of his eleventh birthday, when he was free to survive in a city of Central America. He was then leader of a gang of homeless boys, who spent their time stealing from tourists, sniffing glue, and dreaming of an official football But on his birthday he receives an assignment: to kill a man.