Otello is South America's star soccer player and has just signed a deal to play for a team in the southern part of his country, a region with a history of racism toward black northerners like Otello. Desmerelda is a white pop star and the daughter of a right-wing politician.
Their sudden and controversial marriage propels them to center stage, where they burn under the media spotlight. But celebrity attracts enemies -' some very close to home. When a young girl is found murdered, Paul Faustino, veteran soccer reporter for La NaciÛn, witnesses the power of the media in making - and breaking'- 'lives.