Set in contemporary New York City, Cacaya is the story of a young Brazilian woman, who ends her tumultuous relationship with an American man, and then discovers she is carrying his child. The couple's struggle to interact during the pregnancy, and to deal with the situation, increases the tension between them. The film interweaves this modern narrative with indigenous Amazon rainforest folklore and ancient Greek mythology of the Amazons, using the framework of German dramatist Heinrich von Kleist's 1808 tragedy Penthesilea.
When a photographer encounters the practice of Vodou cartography while on assignment he becomes enchanted with the visceral artwork and ceremony witnessed. But the experience embeds itself in his psyche and his interest in vodou becomes more than an inspiration, more than a passion, more than an addiction. Through his own artwork, he creates his own destiny, a path to demonization. A complete transformation occurs physically, mentally and artistically and results in the conjuring of entities never imagined, exploring the world between the darkness and blackness.
An evil creature attacks a small mining town. A college student and a cranky outcast must uncover the mystery ysgou.cc of the creature's past to put an end to the bloodshed.
A frame that says, 'Drink makgeolli (rice wine) here and the one you miss will return' is hung on the wall of a tavern titled The Return. The tavern's regulars miss their lost ones.
