A 10-year-old girl named Estrella makes three wishes, with her first one being for her missing mother to return, which miraculously happens. However, her mother's return comes with a twist - she's deceased and now haunts Estrella everywhere. Frightened, Estrella joins a gang of orphans affected by violence, only to discover that the dead are never truly left behind and that her wishes are distorted by the brutal reality she's now in.

Tigers Are Not Afraid
In a world plagued by cartel violence and the specter of the drug war, a group of five children must use all their wits and resourcefulness to survive in a treacherous landscape of brutality and despair.