The daughter of an American marriage in Puerto Rico forces her parents to find a doll that her father mistakenly sent in a box of aid during a flood.

A Puerto Rican goes to New York to seek his fortune.

Filmed entirely on location in the Caribbean, this touching family drama tells the adventurous tale of a Puerto Rican boy who befriends a Paso Fino palomino, a descendant of the horses of the Spanish Conquistadors. The young man kidnaps the colt in order to ride in the island horse championships and ends up learning a lesson in responsibility and honor.

It tells the story of a slave rebellion on a sugar plantation in the days leading up to the official abolition of slavery on the island on March 22, 1873.

The daughters of the sun are women who meet the erotic needs of pearl fishermen on the island of Samoa. Marcia is the only one of these women who chooses to whom she gives her sensual pleasures. She rejects Mario, the richest man on the island, and falls for his son, Cándido. After he finds out, Mario seeks to jeopardize Marcia by all means to force her to make her his.

Three women recognize a man at a bar, but disagree on his name. They start telling the stories of how they met him and how he abandoned them.

Chico, a young Puerto Rican living in Spanish Harlem, becomes a heroin addict after a rivalry between him and his father for his mother's affection. Following a 6-month jail term, he is now cured of his drug habit and working in his father's business. Chico meets Nick, his former dealer, for a casual drink, but his father assumes he has resumed drug use.

Businessman Carlos meets Ana María in a Mexico City nightclub. He escorts her home, and makes a date for the next day. Ana María is actually a prostitute whose pimp, Arturo, thinks Carlos would be a good client, and urges her to be nice to him. They fall in love, and Carlos proposes marriage to her, indicating he must return to Puerto Rico soon.

When a cheerful vagabond discovers a purse, the money and love letter inside make for interesting complications in his life.

Jíbaro Machuchal inherits a piece of land in Condado Beach. When he arrives, he finds a hotel has been built on his land.