A ruthless trip through New York City by a wild-spirited immigrant. At age fifteen, before being locked up in a psychiatric ward, Violetta steals a stack of money from her family and escapes from Mexico to the US, a country of luxuries, vices and many unhappy husbands to discover. In these turbulent and wild adventures, Violetta narrates the fears, solitudes, and broken illusions of a life created based on the manipulation of others.