Pre-Castro Cuba, 1956. When eighteen-year-old Liliana meets handsome Santino Navarro visiting his uncle on the sugarcane plantation her father manages, she believes she's found a way to escape her father's plans for her to marry the plantation owner's arrogant son. Liliana opens her heart to Santino, sharing her dream of enrolling at the university of Havana, of becoming a doctor, of opening a free clinic one day for the farm workers and peasants. Santino agrees to help her run away from the dictates of her father's future and the two flee into the darkness of night.

What Liliana doesn't realize is that Santino is a leader in the M-26-7, a violent, urban-underground organization supporting Fidel Castro's plans for revolution. When love blossoms between the pair of them, Liliana turns away from her own dream, deciding instead to accompany Santino into the Sierra Maestra Mountains where Castro and his guerilla forces are preparing for war. It's not long before Liliana discovers Castro's lust for absolute power over the Cuban people. She reveals Fidel's sinister side to Santino, but his heart has been blinded by his unwavering loyalty to Fidel and the Revolution.

Will Liliana's love for Santino win the war for his heart? Can Liliana convince Santino that they need to leave Cuba before it's too late, that Fidel Castro's revolution is without end, and the only way out will be death?