An undocumented Mexican immigrant agrees to marry a broke, drunk American woman to avoid his deportation and settle her debts, with the help of the most crooked gay drag lawyer in New York.
After years in New York, Mercedes, a hardworking teacher, returns to the Dominican Republic and lands a job to teach modern dance in a high-class school - knowing nothing about modern dance.
The colorful lives of neighbors in a middle-class apartment building in Santo Domingo.
