西蒙是一个专司用船将向往西方的人从古巴送往美国的古巴人。一次航行中，船员安德烈斯受伤了，西蒙将他带到了自己经常光顾的托拉托鲁夫人那疗伤。在那，安德烈斯遇见了美丽的玛丽，两人坠入爱河。玛丽一心想去纽约，但西蒙却打算把她卖给阿坎塔拉法官以确保自己的生意顺利。在夫人的帮助下，安德烈斯与玛丽决定两人一起离开古巴前往梦想之中的纽约，然而察觉到自己其实深爱玛丽的西蒙，却抢先一步偷偷把玛丽骗上了船……

Gustavo, who idolizes his older brother Paco and his punk, "Frikis" bandmates. When word reaches the Frikis of a potential reprieve from the effects of the economic crisis, they do the now unthinkable: deliberately inject themselves with HIV to live at a government-run treatment home. It's there that they create their own utopia to live and play music freely.

After a restless night he is awoken by his doorbell insistently ringing. Through the peephole, he sees a stranger. He doesn't know why that man is there but is immediately certain of one thing: he represents a terrible threat. He quickly dresses and manages to sneak away, no doubt in his mind that the stranger is pursuing him, and that the nightmare has only just begun.