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.