Plot Summary:9-year-old Pedro's reluctant journey through elementary school in pursuit of the American Dream, which he describes as a "nightmare." Misbehaving and failing at school, Pedro becomes isolated from other children and tries to befriend unsuspecting animals he encounters along his way. Told from Pedro's point of view, as only a child could, this idiosyncratic documentary enters the subjective universe of a Mexican immigrant boy at odds with the new country around him.
九歲大的墨西哥男孩派特羅跟著雙親一同來到美國,卻和同學老師們格格不入。其實派特羅只是個喜愛動物的純真男孩,卻交不到知心好友,總在巷弄間進行一個人的小小冒險。 Told through the eyes of a Mexican boy named Pedro, this short documentary portrays the magic, the nightmare and mystery, the isolation and odd friendships, the trouble and anger, and the glimmers of hope of a childhood spent chasing the American Dream.