Smješten u predivnom krajoliku stare Havane prije Revolucije, Prljavi ples 2 nam prikazuje priču dvoje mladih ljubavnika iz različitih svjetova koji moraju riskirati sve kako bi ostali zajedno. Odmah nakon preseljenja na Kubu zajedno sa svojim roditeljima 1958. godine, 18-godišnja Katey Miller (Romola Garai) se zaljubljuje u Xaviera (Diego Luna) s kojime se tajno sastaje tako rušeći sve norme svoje društvene klase, dok se novonastala politička klima zahuktava i prijeti da će ih zauvijek razdvojiti...
The story of Esther Williams is that of an improbable encounter. That of the glamorous Hollywood of the 1940s with a swimming champion. A meeting that gave birth to the most kitsch and flamboyant genre films in Technicolor: the Aqua-musicals! A dive into the troubled waters of post-war Hollywood, where only her qualities as an athlete allow an extraordinary actress to fight to emancipate herself and avoid the traps of the predators who lurk around her