Carmita

Nearly half a century ago Carmen Ignarra arrived to Mexico after leaving behind her Cuban homeland in the hopes of becoming the greatest Caribbean actress in Hollywood But the American dream tur ned out to be more difficult than shed thought and her brief initial success was followed by a slow painful decline Today at 80 the woman who was once Cubas most beautiful actress lives totally forgotten in an old mansion in Monterrey There she survives thanks to her tenantsstrange men who she is constantly blaming for mysterious thefts and disappearances Laura a young woman also from the Caribbean arrives at the mansion to work as an assistant in cleaning and housekeeping With her she brings a video camera and the secret intention of making a documentary about the diva Together they talk about the past about wasted talent and lost loves