Mindy, a young widow and mother who tries to protect her daughter Alice from a flesh eating monster named Agyar. Mindy has been secretly sacrificing her own life by allowing the creature to feast on her body as she keeps Alice hidden away at her grandmother’s house.
When Nina, a resilient and tenacious eight-year-old Mexican girl is granted asylum in the U.S. and forced to stay in the custody of her estranged aunt, she rejects her new family and escapes inside the fantasy world of her book, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”
A highly imaginative 10-year-old boy befriends his superhero-themed piñata prior to his birthday party. But upon realizing the tragic fate that awaits for his cardboard companion, he must rebel against the celebratory ritual in order to save his only friend.