Dealing with the pressure of his father and his need to be someone, Pablo decides to start a new shady, tricky business that will lead him to some happy but tragic experiences....

婚姻離異的墨西哥洗碗雜工伊凡，夢想有朝一日成為餐廳大廚。一夜酒吧曖昧，他與杰多互相吸引，兩人間的禁忌之情終難掩藏，卻也讓伊凡失去了與兒子相處的機會。抑鬱不得志的他，決定踏上違法跨越美墨邊境的不歸路，熾熱情感成了電話線另一端遙不可及的夢。如今伊凡成就斐然，二十多年來卻不斷回首當年，心頭沉甸甸的鄉愁，只得在午夜夢迴時化作嘆息。根據紐約名廚的真實故事改編，在墨西哥同性之愛仍難見光的年代，交織出愛情、自由...