Based on a true story, Tomás, an immigrant laborer who fled Cuba by shipping himself in a crate, does odd jobs for an upper-middle-class family to save money to eventually buy a home for his family. A series of events forces Tomás out of his solitary life to engage with people of his community in search of something lost. However, this journey reflects Tomás’s own social and emotional turmoil: even though he emigrated to the US, he has psychologically never left his crate.

Basado en una historia real, Tomás, un trabajador inmigrante que huyó de Cuba embarcándose en una caja, hace trabajos ocasionales para una familia de clase media alta para ahorrar dinero y eventualmente comprar una casa para su familia. Una serie de acontecimientos obligan a Tomás a salir de su vida solitaria para relacionarse con gente de su comunidad en busca de algo perdido. Sin embargo, este viaje refleja la agitación social y emocional del propio Tomás: aunque emigró a Estados Unidos, psicológicamente nunca abandonó la caja.