Based on Benjamin Alire Sáenz’s YA (Young. adult) novel, the film centres on the friendship between two teenage Mexican-American loners in 1987 El Paso who explore a new, unusual friendship and the difficult road to self-discovery.
Adapted from the 2012 young adult novel of the same name by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, writer-director Aitch Alberto’s queer romance follows two titular Mexican American teenagers who connect one summer, only to find their understanding of their relationship challenged by a school year apart, leading to personal and familial revelations. After playing the festival circuit in the past year, the tender independent film had its theatrical release this summer.
After twenty-five years Silva rides a horse across the desert to visit his friend Sheriff Jake. They celebrate the meeting, but the next morning Jake tells him that reason for his trip is not to go down the memory lane of their friendship.