 Opposites attract during Lent on LA s east side, as four successful chicanas near 40 without men. They drink and laugh at Luminarias, in Monterey Park. Andrea s husband has just left her for a blond. Sofia, a psychologist who s moved to the west side, sets her up with a Jewish lawyer; Andrea s anti-gringo rage tests that relationship. Sofia, in turn, has to decide if she s a wannabe White; an immigrant waiter, who loves banda music, helps her choose. Lilly, a painter, craves Lu, her new Korean boyfriend, and she s about to meet his parents. Irene gives up men for Lent and keeps her distance from her gay, cross-dressing brother. Loneliness faces each woman as they sort things out.