Beltrán, un saxofonista fracasado, es abandonado por su mujer. Tras caer en una profunda depresión, para que se reponga, sus amigos deciden mandarle a Cuba. Allí conoce a Rachel, una bella cantante, de la que termina enamorándose.
A college student goes on vacation to a South American country after learning he has cancer, and gets involved in the local civil war after his best friend is kidnapped by the revolutionary guerilla.