During the 1970s a student named Gilles gets entangled in contemporary political turmoils although he would rather just be a creative artist. While torn between his solidarity to his friends and his personal ambitions he falls in love with Christine.

In old Shanghai, two sisters, a prostitute and a singer, try to escape from the local scoundrels with the help of a trumpet player and a newspaper seller.

Adult street urchin passes himself off as rich man's long-lost son.

An experimental short film about a day in the life of a barefoot boy who sells newspapers in San Salvador.