Pulling Strings (better known in Spanish as Amor a primera visa) is a 2013 bilingual and Mexican-American romantic comedy film directed by Pitipol Ybarra and starring Laura Ramsey and Jaime Camil. It is about a single father and struggling Mariachi singer who falls for a U.S. Embassy employee while seeking for a visa for his daughter. Plot In Mexico City, Alejandro Fernandez is a struggling Mariachi singer whose wife died two years prior. His daughter, Maria, is struggling in school and hardly sees her father because of his job. To make things better, he is planning to get a visa so Maria would stay with her grandparents in Arizona. However, Rachel Simons denies him a visa. Rachel, an intelligent diplomatic, works for the embassy of the United States of America. After getting promoted in London, Art, her boss, entrusts her final duty: to take care of a laptop loaded with data, until he returns from the out-of-town business. Rachel's overbearing mother belittles her daughter's lifestyle because she isn't happy about her promotion in London. Rachel's co-workers surprise her with a goodbye party in which Alejandro and his band were hired to perform in. He spots Rachel and attempts to draw her attention multiple times in vain. After Rachel becomes intoxicated and suddenly leaves the party, Alejandro finds her attempting to sleep in a bus stop. He helps her up and calls a taxi to bring her into his home to rest. The following morning, Maria tickles Rachel, causing Rachel to awaken in panic. After finding out her drunken state the night before, she realizes that she misplaced her laptop. Alejandro locates it next to her clothing but hides it, and offers help on finding it with his help of his comical best friend and band member, Carlos Nicanor "Canicas" Castro. Alejandro assumes that if he remains close to her and gains her trust, he can convince her to give him a visa for Maria. To make his plan seem believable, Alejandro calls others in Mexico City to aid him in his 'search' for Rachel's laptop. Throughout the next two days, he takes Rachel to the bar where her party was held, the embassy, a taxi cab company president, a black-market dealer, and a computer repair shop. While meeting with the computer repairman, Alejandro forgets that he has to perform for Maria, and arrives late at her school. After spectating his