Tato and Beto are poor stepbrothers living on a banana plantation in Mexico. Both are talented soccer players, but their dreams lay elsewhere: tone-deaf Tato wants to be a singer, while Beto is content to remain on the plantation. One day, a sports agent sees the two young men playing soccer and offers to take one of them to Mexico City for a chance at sports stardom.

Gael García Bernal
as Tato

Diego Luna
as Beto

Guillermo Francella
as Batuta

Dolores Heredia
as Elvira

Adriana Paz
as Toña

Jessica Mas
as Maya

Salvador Zerboni
as Jorge W

Tania Esmeralda Aguilar
as Nadia

Joaquín Cosío
as Arnulfo

Alfredo Alfonso
as Don Casimiro