Timith, a chatty and needy young man, pushes himself upon Belky, a nearly-wordless immigrant waiter who works at a cafe Timith frequents. Timith projects all kinds of attributes onto Belky, gets the waiter to visit his apartment, and invites him to stay. They become lovers. Can Timith see past his own projections to something real in Belky? In a dream, Timith finds an answer.

Beautiful and self-destructive, hot-shot actor Danny Maldonado was once about to conquer Hollywood. Now, just a few years later, his career has flatlined, the love of his life has dumped him and his long-estranged drug addict mother is dying. But when he's called in to audition for the lead role in the most talked-about new series in Hollywood, Danny vows to clean up his act, win his ex back and give the greatest audition of his life. What could go wrong?

Two stages of a Dominican-American's life; first as a boy trying to bond with his young mother, then a 21-year-old looking for love in New York City.