In 1961, brothers Angel and Robertoages fifteen and twelvebecome part of the Pedro Pan Operation, the biggest recorded exodus to the United States of unaccompanied children in the Western Hemisphere. They glimpse what they are about to experience when their aunt, Marina, begs a stranger to take her infant son out of Cuba to save him from the new authoritarian government. Moments later, Mirta, the boys' mother, tearily hugs and kisses them goodbye. The boys believe that in about six months, they will see their parents again. However, their lives will be forever altered.
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