Armando Pulido, a construction master, simple, good-hearted, hard-working, industrious, and a good friend, tired of the serious economic crisis in Colombia, decides to go to New York in search of the so-called "American dream".
Diego lives with his father in a house with no things, no furniture or anything like it. When Diego comes across an enigmatic wooden chair in the rainforest, his simple world is transformed.
Far from being a film about life in the gangs of Medellín, El Bolero de Rubén is a tragedy set to the rhythm of boleros where Marta, after fifteen years of waiting for her boyfriend to get out of jail, is consumed by the walls of her half-finished house; at the same time, her dream of becoming a singer takes her through imaginary places that reflect her frustration, rage and fear. Based on the homonymous play.
