Rodrigo Montealegre wants to make a documentary about Pedro, a Dominican shoe-shiner he has known since he was four years old. Far from flattered by the idea, Pedro, with his own script and cinematic ambitions, is opposed. When Montealegre agrees to help Pedro get his own project going, an uneasy -- and, at times, hilarious -- collaboration is born, as the college student with the textbook ideas quickly collides with the autobiographical madness of a film-buff.
—New York International Film Festival