 "Chiclé" addresses the innocence and incorruptibility of a young boy trying to survive and remain on the path to morality in an impoverished third-world community, despite the depraved actions of those around him. Pablo, a Peruvian street kid, discovers a lost American girl and sacrifices his means of survival---selling gum--- to help her find her mother. Meanwhile, his older brother robs an American tourist who happens to be lost girl s mother and gives the stolen money to his own mother. Pablo has to return to his family heartbroken and empty-handed. But his spirits are raised when his brother presents him with a stolen photo of the girl, and his mother gives him two American dollars to buy gum for the next day.