How did a boy from a tiny town on the Caribbean coast become a writer who won the hearts of millions? How did he change our perception of reality with his work? The answers lies in the incredible story of Gabriel García Márquez, the 1982 Nobel Prize winner in Literature. The film follows the life of the author, known as "Gabo" to all of Latin America, as his sensual, "magical" sensibility leads him to the forefront of the political struggles of the 1970s and 1980s and into the hearts of readers across the world.