Edward is a young man who lives in a small north american town, his days seem to make no sense until he meets alberto, a mexican who in his youth was mariachi. soon edward will find the passion in traditional mexican music and will travel to guadalajara with one purpose: to become mariachi. on your journey you will learn that on the way to achieve your dreams you will have to sacrify many things, while your feelings towards two pretty tapes will take you to places you never imagined. the mariachi gringo explores through music, the search for a dream, despite cultural, personal, social obstacles and geographic limits.