Carlos Aleman

Nuno Carlos Aleman

In the town of Guanajay, Cuba in 1945, a young girl named Gabriela tells her childhood friend, Nuno, to steal one of her father's books, a metaphysical guide to loving and fully appreciating women. After Nuno takes the book home and begins to read it, the world soon begins to look very different, with one particular day turning to night, fireflies lighting up the sky like stars, and Gabriella appearing to him as an angelic being with wings. Separated by events beyond their control, Nuno and Gabriela grow older yet remain connected to one another in a secret place within their dreams. Through trials, adventure, danger and a long journey deep into darkness, Nuno, who is different, it seems, from most men, learns to see past the veils that hide the splendor of life. Eventually, Nuno becomes the ideal man just as Gabriella had intended.