El cimarrón is a love story about a young African couple, Marcos and Carolina, that takes place in the slavery era at the turn of the nineteen-century in a Caribbean island. After several futile escape plans, Marcos finally escaped. Now free, he returns to liberate his beloved Carolina.
Life grows more chaotic as the family moves into a lavish new home, thanks to Armando's big promotion. Meanwhile, daughter Dolly is pregnant, and 2 members of the local police, the family's friends after years of responding to noisy arguments, are getting married.
Armando is a suave radio disc jockey trying to hide his sexy secretary from his jealous wife. He is caught between his stubborn mother and his opinionated mother-in-law. Stirring the already spicy pot is his son, who plans to marry the daughter of an unusual couple.
A group of children camp in the yard of their grandmother's house in the outskirts of El Yunque. Plunged into a fantastic collective dream, the children get lost in El Yunque and experience the adventure of finding their way home, as they meet themselves and three magical characters who represent our cultural mix: an indian, a black freed slave, and a Spanish gentleman.