Los caminos de la Luna

En un lote baldío donde los vecinos arrojan basura y desperdicios. Un domingo de abril, una niña de origen vietnamita, limpia un pequeño espacio y siembra un puñado de frijoles. Sin quererlo pone en marcha un ciclo en que la comunidad poco a poco va dejando su habitual aislamiento y desconfianza, para participar en la creación de un huerto colectivo.

En el castillo de un nacimiento aparece una noche Min, el fantasma. ¿Podrá llegar Min a ver al Niño?

Harley knows her grandparents are sick, but what she doesn't know is that the four of them will take turns going to the bathroom in their vacation trailer when she comes to visit. None of it makes sense and sends her into a panic until her Nana, the last to make the leap, explains to her that the bathroom in their getaway home is not only that, but a portal to the afterlife. For years they had been the secret keepers of this portal, but now, in their time to enter, leaving life behind for the land of the dead, that responsibility has fallen to Harley. Beyond the shock, there is only one...

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