富有写作才华的年轻窃贼马伊卡盗取了知名作家胡斯多重要作品的手稿。迫于还债的压力，他改写了手稿内容，冒名参加小说比赛并赢得了头等奖金，而不甘失利的胡斯多由此察觉了一系列事件的端倪，最终使马伊卡的命运发生了许多改变。

Borrowed tells the story of David, a reclusive artist living in the Florida keys. His private and tortured life is changed forever when Justin comes for a visit. Each gets more out of their time together than either could have imagined.

Gustavo, who idolizes his older brother Paco and his punk, "Frikis" bandmates. When word reaches the Frikis of a potential reprieve from the effects of the economic crisis, they do the now unthinkable: deliberately inject themselves with HIV to live at a government-run treatment home. It's there that they create their own utopia to live and play music freely.