Parents' Guide to Yucatan

In YUCATAN, cruise ship pianist Clayderman (Rodrigo De la Serna) and his paramour singer and dancer Veronica (Stephanie Cayo) make a nice living creating admirably crafty and intricate schemes to charmingly defraud wealthy vacationing passengers. On this particular voyage, they spot several worthy options, including Antonio (Joan Pero), a humble baker who just won 160 million Euros in the lottery. It's bad enough that Antonio's leaching sons-in-law are panting in anticipation of inheriting after the old guy dies. But they are no match for Clayderman and his crew. Clayderman's old partner-in-crime, and Veronica's ex, Lucas (Luis Tosar), shows up on board as a rival for the loot, masquerading as a grieving widower with a dying child, working to gain Antonio's sympathy and a major donation. These warring factions create situations that include a spur-of-the moment wedding between Antonio's youngest daughter, Leticia (Alicia Fernandez), and a gay dancer in Veronica's floor show, several kidnappings, mock violence featuring chain saws and fake severed limbs, and a budding romance between Antonio and a middle-aged woman who isn't what she seems. Antonio, sniffing out the various frauds and disgusted by what money does to people, vows to divest himself of the money that seems to be causing so many problems. He enlists Clayderman, Lucas, and their teams to achieve that goal without letting his daughters and sons-in-law know. The story begins with the advisory that lottery winners and their winnings are cursed. The ending confirms that premise.