Diego is a gay but closeted Hispanic chef livg East Los Angel who works the rtrant operated by his grandmother. Fstrated by the secretive liftyle he shar wh his siarly closeted lover, Pablo, Diego fds himself attracted to Wley, one of the openly gay Csian men he feels are gentrifyg his neighborhood. Their relatnship ph Diego to nsir the possibily of a life he had never imaged.
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GAY/LATO S WH A GENTRIFITN BACKGROUND
Diego (René Alvarado) is a gay but closeted Hispanic chef livg East Los Angel who works the rtrant operated by his grandmother (Irene De Bari). Fstrated by the secretive liftyle he shar wh his siarly closeted lover, Pablo (David Berón), Diego fds himself attracted to Wley (Steve Callahan), one of the openly gay Csian men he feels are gentrifyg his neighborhood. Their relatnship ph Diego to nsir the possibily of a life he had never imaged. * east side story gay *
Not that this is the first film to engage the topic of beg gay East LA - QUINCEAÑERA is another superb film on the subject - but addrs so many other aspects of fay and social life happeng now that serv a wi dience. Closeted schooled chef Diego Campos (a fe but by René Alvarado) works as a waer his grandmother Sara's (elegant Irene DeBari) ltle Mexin rtrant where gmpy homophobic chef Don Rogel (Luis Accelli) pris the kchen. When Bian enters, Pablo's attentns turn to the sexy lady and Diego is this mélange enters a whe gay uple who buy a 'flip' hoe across the street, a signal to the neighborhood that gentrifitn is jt around the rner.
Jonathan is assigned all the l havg to do wh prejudice and is the one who wants out of the neighborhood as soon as their hoe is enhanced and their gay iends beg to vis. Unlike many gay films, some female characters were given genue rol and they soared wh them. Boy meets closeted boy, boy dumps closeted boy, boy meets new gay uple on block, one half of the gay uple cheats on partner wh boy, purely dramatic vic a break-up (which typil televisn fashn, the uple didn't actually belong together - not the like the boy and cheatg partner do), till fally, aga te to TV nventns, all is rolved and happily so, that by the time the end tle creds roll, boy ends up wh the right half of the 't get me wrong, 's a well-ma film wh some excellent performanc.
It's fely a crowd-pleaser and 's sure to be enjoyed by nearly any gay-intified dience member who views . Apparently, the distributors didn't see any cross-over appeal as the movie seems to be head to a DVD release whout even a cursory theatril release some of the major markets where did not make to (or which do not have) a gay and lbian film ftival. Then a gay uple move next door--and Diego falls for one of them (Steve Callahan) is extremely light and a ltle lackg plot--but how many movi to we see about a gay Lato man fallg love and stgglg to e out?