Magdalena, who is preparing for her Quinceañera, discovers that she is pregnant. At first her boyfriend doesn't believe her, because the sex they had was without penetration. When her father, the minister in a storefront church, learns of her predicament, he doesn't believe that she is a virgin, and banishes her from their home. Abandoned by her boyfriend and her family, she moves in with her elderly great-uncle, Tomas.