Estrella, who speaks no English, is engaged to be married with Frank, an American who doesn't speak Spanish. While her fiancé is on a business trip in Kuwait, she has a fling with a neighborhood bohemian, who translates the passionate love letters Frank is sending her from Kuwait. At first everything seemed easy, fun even, but things get more complicated when a mysterious poet comes on the scene. Alejandro, sensitive and hot-tempered, could end up destroying everything.