The film is set in La Paz, Bolivia, and features many exterior shots of the city and surrounding countryside.

Leaving his career, his home, his town and his past, he sets out to follow his dream of seeing the United States.

Mario hopes to become a part of the American dream; America to him is opportunity, stability, and a place to escape from his old life and reunite with his now adult son.

But Mario is a diligent man, and he is willing to revert to any measure possible to obtain that one thing which he wants most: a life in the United States.

As the bus moves through the countryside, we see flashbacks of Mario's memories of his wife, and of his son, who lives in Miami.

Mario tries to get a Visa of the United States in order to go there and visit his son, and eventually stay and live in that country.

Mario gives his papers to the US embassy, where he is told that everything is in order and that he can return in a week to obtain his Visa.