S5.E3 ∙ Het verjaardagscadeau

Three directors. Six tales. One wild ride at the Motel Americana.

Lorenzo, a Cuban policeman specializing in grave robberies is sent to Havana to investigate the death of a Havana-born German national, Hermann (or German in Spanish) found in a famous grave. Lorenzo recounts his findings to the police chief (Major Anancio) as he investigates Dora, an elevator operator and Herrmann's landlady, Aguila and Silvia (who work for Cultural Affairs), Chrissy (a British-born Socialist Internationalist lover), Xiomara (Hermann's mother and a local drag queen as well), a dwarf, and a false Guatemalan who had raped Chrissy during her internationalist "love/sex campaign" in Guatemala. These are the main, but not the only characters, one must absolutely follow to make sense of the plot.

Poncio Branco is an aggressive businessman, who does everything in his power and betrays everyone if he as to, to be more and more rich and powerful, His wife Bernanda felt betrayed, so she hires a detective in order to prove that his husband committed adultery.

Secret agent Grant Danelian, nicknamed "bone marrow", enters an Armenian delicatessen factory. He will find out that the factory actually makes video recorders for export.

A sinister millionaire hires three thieves to rob his own bank of a million dollars in a safe deposit box. They pull off the dangerous heist but are double crossed by the banker, who takes it all. They discover that the banker is using the money to fund a corrupt politician so they devise an elaborate plan to get even.