A bilingual drama about a Puerto Rican mother and daughter living together in Boston. The daughter, Elena, is mysteriously losing her ability to speak Spanish, her first language-but as her language disappears, a painting by her boyfriend inexplicably appears at the Fine Arts Museum where her mother works. His misguided attempt to obtain an artist's visa unleashes a world of misunderstanding and trouble for Elena and her mother, and the two women are forced to confront each other and their murky past.