Edgar Acosta

While playing games on the edge of naivety and vandalism, two teenagers burst into El Edén, a health resort abandoned in the midst of a thick vegetation. They play with a scorpion, with a gun, and swim in the stagnant water of the pool. The frontier between everyday life and violence can be easily crossed.

In a remote South American colony in the late 18th century, officer Zama of the Spanish crown waits in vain for a transfer to a more prestigious location. He suffers small humiliations and petty politicking as he increasingly succumbs to lust and paranoia.