 Angel is tired of living in his small Mexican town and has no interest in following in his father s footsteps of running a bakery. Instead he resolves to run away, across the border to the great "American dream". His older brother, Carlos, has plans of his own and they don t involve leaving home. When Angel tells his older brother of his grand scheme Carlos knows he won t be able to stop him, so he decides to tag along but only in hopes that maybe his brother s dream could save the families financial crisis. Double-crossed by their smuggler, they find themselves alone in the Arizona desert. What follows is a strange and hilarious adventure which eventually takes them to the wondrous town of Tucson, Arizona. There they try to make their "American Dream" come true, but soon realize the dream they were chasing was back home where they started.