In the Heights (2021)
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Usnavi de la Vega tells children the story of Washington Heights. He begins in summer, introducing: Abuela Claudia, the matriarch of the neighborhood who raised him, Kevin Rosario, who runs the taxi company, his employee, Benny, the salon ladies Daniela, Carla, Cuca, and Vanessa, Usnavi's love interest, and his cousin Sonny, who he employs.
Alejandro, an attorney, informs Usnavi that his late father's business in the Dominican Republic is for sale, which Usnavi dreams of reviving. Meanwhile, Kevin's daughter Nina returns from Stanford. After a quick reunion with Benny, she goes to find her father and tells him that she was unable to pay tuition, but he brushes her off, telling her not to worry.
Daniela's salon will soon be moving to the Bronx due to rising rent. Nina arrives for a treatment. Nina reveals that she has dropped out of Stanford, and leaves. Vanessa submits a rental application downtown, where she dreams of becoming a fashion designer. She is unable to provide a good credit check and her application is rejected. Disappointed, she heads back and drops by Usnavi's bodega, where Sonny asks her out on Usnavi's behalf.
Sonny learns a lottery ticket he sold won $96,000. Usnavi and the rest of the neighborhood fantasize about what they would do with the money, while Mr. Piraguero laments how Mister Softee is stealing his business. That weekend, Benny and Nina reminisce about their childhoods. She expresses her doubts and fears, but he reassures her that she is destined for greatness. Meanwhile, Usnavi talks to Sonny's father about letting him go with him to the Dominican Republic, but Sonny's father says he and Sonny are undocumented and cannot leave.
That evening, Kevin reveals he sold the business to pay for Nina's tuition. Outraged, Nina refuses the money and storms out. Usnavi and Vanessa head to the club for their date, along with Benny and Nina. At the club, Usnavi is nervous and aloof, and Vanessa dances with other men to make him jealous. Usnavi finds another woman and tries to make her jealous. The power goes out, and Sonny and Graffiti Pete light up fireworks, illuminating the neighborhood. Vanessa and Usnavi argue, and she angrily rejects him.
Lying in bed, Abuela reminisces about her childhood in Cuba, and how she and her mother came to New York, enduring hardships to be where she is today. As she dies, the neighborhood comes together to mourn and sing her praises. At a protest for DACA, Nina learns that Sonny cannot go to college as he is an undocumented immigrant. She resolves to go back to university to find a way for undocumented children to find a pathway in life.
Usnavi discovers Vanessa's rental application that she had thrown away. He visits Daniela as she is preparing to move, asking her to co-sign on Vanessa's application. Afterwards, disappointed with the block's negativity over the blackout and Abuela's passing, Daniela rouses them into a celebration and the blackout ends.
A month later, Nina is about to return to Stanford, and she and Benny agree to pursue a long-distance relationship. Benny promises to find a way to join her in Palo Alto, as they kiss. As Usnavi prepares to leave for the Dominican Republic, he discovers that Abuela held the winning lottery ticket, and has passed it on to him. Vanessa shows up, having found out that Usnavi convinced Daniela to co-sign on her lease, and bought him a bottle of champagne to thank him. She suggests that Usnavi should stay, but he refuses. Distraught, she kisses him, lamenting that she was too late in realizing her feelings.
Usnavi gives Alejandro the ticket, telling him to use it for Sonny's DACA fees. The next morning, Usnavi runs into Vanessa. She takes him to his old bodega and shows him a new fashion line she created the previous night, having been inspired by Graffiti Pete's paint rags. On seeing Pete's murals celebrating Abuela, Usnavi has an epiphany to stay. The story returns to the present day, where Usnavi is revealed to be telling his story in the new shop that he and Vanessa built together, having married her, and one of the children is Usnavi's daughter. They dance and sing in the street.