1965, Dominican Republic. At a seaside brothel, the lives of a group of prostitutes take a dramatic turn when freedom fighters stage a revolutionary coup, making them realise they can have a better life and perhaps find love. But everything changes when the US army supresses the revolution and takes the brothel as a military base: the girls will have to face the dilemma of either sleeping with the enemy or protecting their dignity at all costs.

Hoping to leave behind the trauma of her mother’s death, a young woman moves to New York City, where she becomes close to her similarly haunted roommate — until a disturbing revelation changes everything.