- A young man living in the Guatemalan country side makes a collect call which will take him to New York City in search of his dream of becoming an actor, at a price he never imagined.
- Oscar, a young man who as a child starred in the first feature film from Guatemala which received international attention, is now living with his family in the Guatemalan country side and dreaming of starting a show biz career in the US. He makes a collect call to Luis, the director of the film in which Oscar starred 7 years before, and gets himself invited to go to New York. He starts a journey that will be unlike anything he ever imagined and discovers the high price of making it in the big city.—Luis Argueta
- Oscar (Oscar Almengor) is a youn gman who lives on the family farm in the remote village of San Andrés, in the highlands of Guatemala. In hopes of re-starting an acting creer in NYC, he makes a collect call to his friend and film director Luis (Jorge Pupo) who agrees to take him under his wing and help him find work in NY. Oscar's father (Homero Mendez) opposes him leaving home fearing his son will be exploited and humiliated. However, his wife (Rosa Mendez) convinces him that heir son's future in Guatemala is not much brighter. After sorting through a series of obstacles Oscar buys a plane ticket, travels to the capital and boards a plane for NYC. Upon his arrival, Oscar discovers that Luis has departed fon an unexpected business trip to the west coast and has left his girlfriend Angélica (Karen Contreras) and Chucho (Luis Argueta aka Shan Chingite de la Rue), his driver, in charge of looking after him. The pair is having an affair, look only after themselves and take Oscar for the ride of his life, stealing his money and his innocence along the way. Oscar hits bottom, rebounds, and uses all his ingenuity and resources to turn the tables on Angelica and Chucho. A triumphant Oscar is finally able to send home the dolars that his family has been anticipating for so long.
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