As a poverty-stricken chauffeur finds his fate forever altered when a simple crime intended to brighten his family's future goes awry, the daughter of the affluent general for which he works battles boredom by prostituting herself in a local brothel in Japón director Carlos Reygadas' searing look at the inherent hypocrisies of Mexico's social structure. Marcos (Marcos Hernández) is an overweight, down-on-his-luck chauffeur who longs for a better life for his wife and young son. The carefree antics of his young passenger Ana (Anapola Mushkadiz) weighing heavily on Marcos' conscience, the desperate driver plots with his wife to commit a crime that just may elevate their financial situation and social standing -- but when the seemingly perfect plan takes one disastrous turn after another, Marcos is forced to seek repentance on the streets of Mexico city. Meanwhile, Ana and her bored friends spend their days trading sex for cash in a world where the self-absorbed upper class eschew family bonds and social pleasantries for the single-minded purpose of maintaining an image and keeping up their social standing.