A Cuban-American housewife, seeks to have her family in order. Her daughter is only concerned with prom and spending time with her boyfriend, a go-cart racer and mechanic on a fast track to nowhere. To make matters worse, her husband Roberto is a nostalgic former rebel more concerned with his politics than his family. Constantly ignored and undermined, Cata is pushed to her limit and decides to demonstrate her existence to her family in a drastic display of independence.