A Manhattan bachelor dies and crosses over to 'the other side', where he tries to convince an angel to put him back into his body so he can have a one night-stand.
A Catholic priest goes to a small town to solve some strange things that are happening there, things that come from the unknown, and gets involved in a romantic relationship with a young woman of the village.
Based on the book by Julia Alvarez. Three sisters become activists during the Dominican Republic's Trujillo regime when members of their family are killed by the government's troops.