
LEIandWONGclandestinelyarrivetoEcuador,ontheirwaytotheportcityofGuayaquil.FromhereLEIplanstocontinueherjourneytoNewYork,butCHANG,abipolarmobsterwilldecideherfate.WONGunwillinglygetsentangledinthewebofcorruptionthatoperatestheencroachmentofChineseimmigrants.Hisonlyobjectiveistobringhistwelve-year-oldsonfromChina.CHANGfallsinlovewithLEI,whereasshebecomesconsciousthather"chinadream"ofreachingNewYorkisinjeopardy.VICTOR,alocalyoungmanbecomesapossibleescape.MrLU,anoldercalligrapher,helpstheyoungimmigrants.LEI'srejectionofCHANGuncovershisruthlesspersonality.WhenasmugglingschemesetsLEIandWONGatacrossroads,theycanonlyrelyoneachothertochasetheirfreedom."MONTEVIDEO"recountstheanguishoftheimmigrant,wheredeepemotionsaresubjecttomasculinepowerrelationsandwhereindividualsstruggletosavetheirdignity.