In 1981, Federico Spivak, a declining show producer, is offered the opportunity of a lifetime: to bring Frank Sinatra to Argentina. He hopes not only to save the production company founded by his father, Coco Spivak – now in a vegetative state after a stroke – but also to finally earn his respect. With support from Palito Ortega, an old friend of Coco’s, Federico travels to Brasil, meets Sinatra, wins his trust, and closes the deal. Back in Buenos Aires, while organizing a production that clearly exceeds him, Federico falls in love with his AA Godmother and faces a government detects a threat, they decide to replace him in public with an old impersonator friend of Federico’s. But the AA Godmother is secretly part of a revolutionary group.
Using information he gave her, they manage to kidnap the real Sinatra.
The CIA intervenes, rescues the singer, and kills the captors. Though safe, Sinatra blames Federico. The concert goes on, and Federico, crushed, prepares to disappear – until Sinatra forgives him and invites him to leave the country at his side.