В Гаване, на Острове Свободы Рауль мечтает о бегстве в Майами. Обвиненный в нападении и не имеющий других путей для спасения, он обращается к своему лучшему другу Элио за помощью в достижении заветного и запрещенного мира, расположенного в 90 милях через океан. Сам Элио разрывается между долгом защищать свою сестру и собственным желанием сбежать отсюда. Однажды ночью, полные надежд, они оказываются лицом к лицу перед самым большим вызовом в их жизни.
The relationship between Eric and Stephanie is floundering. They decide to leave for the Republic of Santiago to visit the famous ruins. Once there, they learn that a serial killer rages on steep roads of the region, eliminating drunk drivers.
The door of Joe's bar swing open just as the clock strike six. A woman, a regular patron, floats in with an unlit cigarette between her red lips. She sits down on a high stool while Joe is busy wiping glasses. After a while he greats her as Reina, Queen.
The architecture student Estela (Silvia Aguila) makes a suicide attempt after her plans for solving Havana's housing shortage are rejected. This brings her into contact with earthy, cynical hospital nurse Ernesto (Jorge Perugorria). Estela invites him home for dinner, and he succeeds in offending everyone present. Unable to find a quiet spot to be alone, they finally find a squatters' tenement, where their sexual frenzy causes a ceiling to collapse. They next try vertical love in a stalled elevator, trapping people in the modern building minus stairs. Fleeing responsibilities, they stage a romantic rendezvous alongside a country river, but once again they are interrupted as Cuban commissars arrive with papers and forms because the couple constructs a hut beneath a bridge. Amid the misadventures, lust turns to love
The story of students of a high school in Havana in the 60's, where love, politics, and moral contradictions appeared. A shy country boy gets caught between the peer pressure of his buddies and his love for an overweight, strong willed but likable girl.