In 1985, a group of criminals mock the security of the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City to extract 140 pre-Hispanic pieces from their showcases.
Tomas is too much for his lone mother so she sends him to live with his older brother Federico, aka Sombra, in Mexico City.
Among gunshots and boleros, a passionate relationship flourishes between a lonely transvestite and a young guerrilla during the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile.
Leo promises his girlfriend, Fer to spend the day with her brother, Tomás. But he ends up taking him to a wedding where he'll play for a big shot producer. They'll discover how special is Tomás, even when everything goes wrong.