An aspiring toy designer takes a job assisting an eccentric art world outcast in hopes of getting his expiring work visa renewed in Torres' directorial bow.
, a boy anxious to pull off the seemingly impossible meets a woman who has never thought of her demands as improbable. What an unlikely pair they make: Alejandro , an aspiring toy designer desperate for a work visa, and Elizabeth , a widowed art critic frantically trying to preserve her husband’s legacy. He is gentle, reserved and easily imposed-upon by the cruel challenges of the world. She is exacting, malcontent and has never been told “no” in her life.
Their first encounter is an accident. A rejection from the Hasbro talent incubator program forces Alejandro, a recent immigrant from El Salvador, to take a job overseeing bodies at a human cryogenic freezing company — lest he lose his visa. He’s tasked with watching over the chamber-bound body of Elizabeth’s husband, Bobby . They are hastily introduced during a visit in which a furious Elizabeth sweeps in like a hurricane to dispute a bill.
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