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.

As the country falls toward dictatorship, Diego and Leonardo, two television scriptwriters, struggle to maintain their integrity in the face of pressure from their superiors to tone down their political satires in Montevideo, 1972.