Infinite Country

When Elena goes to the market one day, Mauro helps her pick only the best from the enormous fruit stand, hence a sweet beginning of their young love story. Their lives are challenging right from the start. Having survived a rough upbringing, Mauro desires a family more than anything in the world. Elena’s strict home with her mother has the two sneaking around for months. When she becomes pregnant Mauro is determined to give them a better life. His plan is to leave their small village in Colombia where the economy is flailing and danger lurks on every corner. They make their way with their young daughter to the United States. Given a six month work visa, they are hoping to earn money and return to start their life anew with more than they could ever earn at home. It is easy to find the manual labor that no-one else wants to do. But Elena has another baby, Nando. He is now U.S. citizen. They are doing well but six months is not enough and with much angst and worry they overstay their visa. Making ends meet while sending money home to help Elena's poor mother, she becomes pregnant again. When Mauro is deported all the cards come tumbling down. Elena lives in daily fear of a knock at the door. Her focus is to give her children a better life, more opportunities. Things in Colombia have only gotten worse, people are shot down in the streets during broad daylight. Caught in a web of their own creation, Elena dreams of a place where her children can grow up safely and she can afford to feed them. Pretty basic. They didn’t climb mountains or or rivers or cross desserts to get to the U.S., they flew on a plane like thousands of people do every day. Now they are stuck between two unwelcoming worlds, not sure they will ever find home again. What would you do to save your family? ⭐⭐⭐⭐