少女莱拉从贫困的原生家庭被带至美国,在一个富裕的家庭从事几近奴役的工作,她受到家中的非法移工园丁艾密力欧的鼓励,两个人相知相惜,决心为自己的人生放手一搏。A teenage girl is held captive in the home of a wealthy family. She is befriended by the family's young gardener, himself an illegal from Mexico. Their friendship carries both of them through their hopeless, sequestered lives and ultimately inspires them to break free.