A comedy narrating the adventures of ten Puerto Ricans looking for a better life. The film centers on an airplane trip to New York during 1960's. It relates in a comical, yet poignant manner, the array of reasons each of the passengers has for leaving Puerto Rico and the challenges they face as suggested by the interactions of the Anglo crew and the passengers.

José Luis (Chavito) Marrero
Faustino Román

Teófilo Torres
Mateo

Gladys Rodríguez
Dominga

Sunshine Logroño
Bob "Berto" Barker

Gladys Aguayo
Carmen

Adamari López
Mariana

Idalia Pérez Garay
Gulderia
José M. Umpierre

Axel Anderson
Padre Gautier
Dennis M. Rivera

Carmen Nydia Velázquez
Ernesto Vélez Gandía
Norma Candal
Miguelina

Raúl Dávila
Ernesto

Eugenio Monclova
Passenger visiting NY for the first time