Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unites them, but their journey - in the tradition of the Latin ballad, the bolero - brings heartache and torment.
The main character follows the love interest to her neighborhood in one scene and all the way to another country in another. The love interest does not react positively to either instance, but it is played as ok because he loves her.
There is a scene where someone driving a car is trying to run a motorcyclist of the road by ramming the back of the vehicle. The car driver ends up crashing through a store window.