“动乱时代”特指1598年俄罗斯统治家族绝嗣之后的一段长期动荡。由于正统王室后继无人，俄罗斯农民落入外国势力之下，瑞典、立陶宛、德国和波兰的占领者纷至沓来。1612年，这时正值所谓的“动乱时代”的末期，故事围绕一群衣衫褴褛的俄罗斯农民展开，他们装备上所能得到的加农大炮，雇用放纵的骑士，把占据克里姆林宫长达几个月的波兰人赶了出去。1613年罗曼诺夫王朝的建立标志着这一时代的结束。

　　Maurizio is a stubborn boy who grows up near the fiumara, where people throw away whatever they no longer need. This open-air dump becomes his playground, where among wrecked cars and other treasures large and small, he begins to dream of playing in the town band. Mamma Rosa looks on his musical aspirations as a childish whim, a luxury that the family cannot afford. And so, between the good advice by Mosè the donkey and the pranks by chicken N’Giulina, Maurizio is faced with a growing series of adventures and comes to the realization that, if his dream is to come true, he must be determined to see it through right to the end.

　　Julián finds love and a reason for living in the last place imaginable: the Dominican Republic's Najayo Prison. His romance, with fellow prisoner Yanelly, must develop through sign language and without the knowledge of dozens of guards.

回墨西哥拜訪家人時，這個寂寞的男孩認識了一隻躲在爺爺牧場的神祕生物，接著展開畢生難忘的冒險旅程。