In Central America they are referred to as the maras: modelling themselves on Los Angeles youth gangs, these groups are now spreading terror in El Salvador and further afield. A childhood at once terrifying and hateful but strangely captivating which typifies the disintegration of family life within Salvadorian society and the despair in which they have grown up. "La Vida Loca"...
A young couple decides to start a new beginning by the sea. Lorena must finish her art project and finds the small coastal area a perfect place to focus on the task. Hunky Diego gets a job at the library and begins to endear himself to the close-knit community. Soon Diego and Lorena will come to be involved with Vicente, a handsome, enigmatic man who will make them all rethink ...