Diego, a Venezuelan urbanist, and Elena, a contemporary dancer from Barcelona, move to the United States to start a new life. However, upon entering Newark Airport, they are subjected to an unpleasant inspection process and grueling interrogation.

The lifeless bodies of a man and two women appear in a house in Miami. Some images recorded by a video camera lead the police to believe that the murderer is the Spaniard Pablo Ibar, who will be tried and sentenced to death.