A coming-of-age story about a teenage car thief returning to an abusive home, Stealing Cars is the springboard for a wide-ranging conversation about collaboration, visual language and making the most of a microbudget. The film focuses Matías, who was four years old when his mother, Isa, stole him away from his abusive, alcoholic father. Now, as a teenager, he is a car thief, living with her in a Virginia Beach public housing complex.